Sensor · Spaceborne

OLI (Operational Land Imager)

Manufactured by National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Multispectral pushbroom optical imager, primary instrument on Landsat 8 (launched 11 February 2013). Built by Ball Aerospace under NASA contract; Ball acquired by BAE Systems on 16 February 2024. NASA owns the space segment; USGS operates the ground segment and distributes data at no cost. 9 spectral bands across visible/NIR/SWIR plus panchromatic and cirrus, 30 m GSD (15 m panchromatic), 185 km swath, 12-bit acquisition. Combined 8-day revisit with Landsat 9 OLI-2 underpins GLAD-L pantropical deforestation alerts and the Hansen Global Forest Change annual dataset.

Sensor

Where this fits, supply chain

Compositional position

Landsat 8 ——— this payload

this ——— Landsat 8 (Operational) flies on

Methods this sensor implements

Demonstrated

Capable, undemonstrated

None on record.

Topics this relates to

Crop stress and yield via Vegetation index mapping (demonstrated) well suited
Crop phenology via Vegetation index mapping (demonstrated) well suited
Deforestation via Vegetation index mapping (demonstrated) well suited
Land cover change via Vegetation index mapping (demonstrated) well suited
Drought via Vegetation index mapping (demonstrated) adequate
Wildfire via Vegetation index mapping (demonstrated) adequate

Cite https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/oli Markdown twin → Field definitions →