Landsat 5 sets Guinness World Record for 'longest operating Earth observation satellite'
Monday, February 11, 2013 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org)—Landsat 5 successfully set the new Guinness World Records title for 'Longest-operating Earth observation satellite' as stated in an e-mail from Guinness World Records sent to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Outliving its three-year design life, Landsat 5 delivered high-quality, global data of Earth's land surface for 28 years and 10 months.