US Geological Survey (Reston)

3 satellites in orbit, 3 operating.

The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 9, 2026, 12:17 PM; whether a satellite is operating is as Orbinauts writes it where it has written when the satellite’s mission ended, and otherwise as Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue believes it, licensed CC BY 4.0: GCAT

US Geological Survey (Reston) is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code USGSR, of United States of America. This page gathers the satellites it flies and those of every organisation under it, each row naming the organisation that flies it. It is part of US Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. See every satellite of US Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management.

SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperatingFlown by
The Landsat 9 spacecraft with its folded solar array, in front of the rocket fairing that will enclose it, at Vandenberg in August 2021.
Photograph: NASA / Randy Beaudoin (public domain)
Landsat 9
Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYesUS Geological Survey EROS Data Center
The Landsat 8 satellite in gold thermal blankets, its black solar panel folded against one side and its instruments under silver covers, at Vandenberg before its launch in 2013.
Photograph: NASA (public domain)
Landsat 8
Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYesUS Geological Survey EROS Data Center
LANDSAT 7Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYesUS Geological Survey EROS Data Center