"Landsat 3 was the last satellite to have a similar design to Landsat 1, and was the last Landsat to be managed by NASA during the Landsat Program.[2][4] Landsat 3 was launched in 1978." Merge these two sentences. -- Done ---
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"The spacecraft was built by GE Astro Space, who would later become Lockheed Martin Missile and Space." This contradicts the infobox.
Woof, that was harder to figure out than I imagined. Fairchild Industries was in charge of a major subsystem, the multimission modular spacecraft. GE Astro Space was the prime contractor. Hughes Aircraft did the TM and MSS. I will make sure all of that is accurately reflected in the article. Kees08 (Talk)
Okay, got all that fixed, added in who made various portions of the spacecraft as well. Kees08 (Talk)
Operation section could use a lot more links. For example, quantization, NiCd, etc...
"Landsat 4 carried an updated Multi-Spectral Scanner used on previous Landsat satellites," Comma needed after MSS.
Also the abbreviation should be added here first. -- Done ---
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Remove the second link to MSS. -- Done ---
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"Landsat 4 was placed into a north-south near polar orbit.[6] It was placed in an orbit of approximately 700 kilometres (430 mi) off of Earth's surface, circling the globe every 99 minutes." Merge these two sentences. -- Done ---
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"brought back on line" Online? -- Done ---
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"Landsat 3 was the last satellite to have a similar design to Landsat 1, and was the last Landsat to be managed by NASA during the Landsat Program.[2][4] Landsat 3 was launched in 1978." Merge these two sentences. -- Done ---
Coffeeand
crumbs06:06, 5 October 2018 (UTC)reply
"The spacecraft was built by GE Astro Space, who would later become Lockheed Martin Missile and Space." This contradicts the infobox.
Woof, that was harder to figure out than I imagined. Fairchild Industries was in charge of a major subsystem, the multimission modular spacecraft. GE Astro Space was the prime contractor. Hughes Aircraft did the TM and MSS. I will make sure all of that is accurately reflected in the article. Kees08 (Talk)
Okay, got all that fixed, added in who made various portions of the spacecraft as well. Kees08 (Talk)
Operation section could use a lot more links. For example, quantization, NiCd, etc...
"Landsat 4 carried an updated Multi-Spectral Scanner used on previous Landsat satellites," Comma needed after MSS.
Also the abbreviation should be added here first. -- Done ---
Coffeeand
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Remove the second link to MSS. -- Done ---
Coffeeand
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"Landsat 4 was placed into a north-south near polar orbit.[6] It was placed in an orbit of approximately 700 kilometres (430 mi) off of Earth's surface, circling the globe every 99 minutes." Merge these two sentences. -- Done ---
Coffeeand
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"brought back on line" Online? -- Done ---
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