Landsat 2

  1975-004A

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The second Earth Resources Technology Satellite, ERTS B, was renamed Landsat B 8 days before its launch, which took place at 1755:51 on 1975 Jan 22. It achieved a 907 x 918 km x 99.1 deg orbit. Landsat 2 was turned off on 1980 Jan 22 but reactivated on May 6 of the same year and finally decommissioned on 1983 Jul 27.

Landsat 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 Jan 22	1755:52	Launch by Delta 2910	V
		T+0:38 SRM 1-6 off
		T+0:39 SRM 7-9 on
		T+1:17 SRM 7-9 off
		T+1:27 SRM sep
		T+3:49 MECO
		T+3:56 St 1 sep
	1759:53	T+4:01 SES-1
		T+4:35 Fairing
	1804:42	T+8:50 SECO-1	185 x 890 x 99
		2802s coast
	1851:24	T+55:32 SES-2
	1851:35	T+55:43 SECO-2
	1854:55	T+59:03 St 2 sep	907 x 918 x 99.1
	1857	SES-3 evasive
	1858	SECO-3
1980 Jan 22		Temporarily decommissioned
1980 May 6		Reactivated
1983 Jul 27		Decommissioned

Payload:

• MSS Multispectral scanner