Landsat 8 vs Landsat Program: Complete Comparison | Vibepedia

The Landsat 8 satellite and the Landsat program are two related but distinct entities in the field of Earth observation, with the Landsat program being a series of satellites including Landsat 8, which was launched in 2013 with the help of NASA and the United States Geological Survey (USGS), similar to the collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) on the Sentinel-2 mission, and the work of scientists like Dr. Ellen Stofan, Director of the National Air and Space Museum, who has spoken about the importance of Earth observation data for understanding our planet, as discussed on platforms like TED and Reddit's r/EarthObservation