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Landsat Proved the Power of Remote Sensing

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The satellite then transmitted the signal to a ground station; if no station was within range, it stored the data on magnetic tape for later transmission. Within a few months of the sales, however, global food prices soared by 50 percent, and U.S. farmers estimated a profit loss of $462 million (about $3.2 billion in today’s dollars).

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