The Earth Resources Technology Satellites (ERTS) System 700761
This paper describes the Earth Resources Technology Satellites which are part of an experimental program to provide data pertaining to:
Agriculture
Geology
Hydrology
Geography
Cartography
Oceanography
The primary objective of the ERTS mission is to obtain high resolution multi-spectral images of the earth's surface over a period of one year. This program has already been implemented with the launch of ERTS-A scheduled for March 1972.