\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> July 16, 1982
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> Delta
\<COLOUR 1> ORBIT: \<COLOUR 0> Polar, 683/700 km
\<COLOUR 1> SIZE: \<COLOUR 0> Box-shaped, 4 metres by 2 metres by 3.7 metres
\<COLOUR 1> WEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 1.9 tonnes
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> The second-generation Landsat remote-sensing satellite; carries multispectral scanner like Landsat 1, but also higher-resolution thematic mapper; Landsat 5 is similar.