---
aliases:
  - context: missionID
    lexicon: ceos
    term: 88
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionsummary.aspx?missionID=88
  - context: Mission
    lexicon: ceos
    term: Landsat-4
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionindex.aspx#L
  - context: resource
    lexicon: dbpedia
    term: Landsat_4
    url: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsat_4
  - context: Source
    lexicon: ornl
    term: LANDSAT-4
    url: ~
  - context: Source
    lexicon: ornl
    term: LANDSAT-4 (LAND REMOTE-SENSING SATELLITE-4)
    url: ~
cited_by: []
contributors:
  - display_name: 'Contributor : U.S. Geological Survey '
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/3742.yaml
    id: 3742
    organization:
      country_code: US
      display_name: U.S. Geological Survey
      identifier: us-geological-survey
      name: U.S. Geological Survey
      organization_type_identifier: federal
      type: organization
      url: http://www.usgs.gov/
    organization_uri: /organization/us-geological-survey
    person: {}
    person_id: ~
    person_uri: ~
    role_type_identifier: contributor
    uri: /contributor/3742
description: The Landsat spacecraft series evolved from an experimental program (LS-1 to LS-3) to an operational program (LS-4 and LS-5) as NASA developed and launched considerably improved spacecraft that were placed into lower orbits than the previous Landsat spacecraft and carried improved instrument suites.
description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/l/landsat-4-5
display_name: landsat-4
end_date: 1993-08-01T00:00:00
files: []
href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/landsat-4.yaml
identifier: landsat-4
instruments:
  - description: Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
    description_attribution: Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
    identifier: multispectral-scanner
    name: Multispectral Scanner
    uri: /instrument/multispectral-scanner
  - description: High resolution optical imager
    description_attribution: High resolution optical imager
    identifier: thematic-mapper
    name: Thematic Mapper
    uri: /instrument/thematic-mapper
name: Landsat-4
parents: []
platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
references: []
start_date: 1982-07-16T00:00:00
type: platform
uri: /platform/landsat-4
url: ~