Also called:
Earth Resources Technology Satellite
(ERTS C)
Date of launch (location):
Mar. 5, 1978 (WTR)
Launch vehicle:
Delta 2910
Weight (kg):
900
Shape:
Butterfly
Dimensions (m):
3.0 height
3.4 width with solar panels
extended
Power source:
Solar panels plus 8 NiCd
batteries
Responsible NASA center:
Goddard Space Flight Center
Prime contractor:
General Electric Co.
Project manager:
R. Browning
Project scientist:
Stanley C. Freden
Objectives:
Acquisition of multispectral imagery
with the five-band multispectral scaller over large areas of
the world to further demonstrate the applications of Landsat
imagery for crop inventory and other practical uses;
acquisition of high-resolution return beam vidicom
data.
Instrumentation:
Multispectral Scanner (5-band
scanning radiometer)
Return Beam Vidicon Camera System
(2-camera high-resolution TV sensor)
Data Collection System
Wide-band Tape Recorders (2)
Results:
Successful.
Reference: NASA, "Landsat 3 Mission Operations Report," E-641-78-03, Feb. 22, 1978.