Upcoming Webinar: Landsat Special Requests: Expanding Acquisition Capabilities – Apr 16, 2026 at 12:00pm CDT

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The USGS EROS User Services team is pleased to announce the upcoming “Landsat Special Requests: Expanding Acquisition Capabilities” webinar!

Join us as part of the USGS EROS User Experience Webinar Series, where we talk to staff at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) center to learn more about the data, tools, and services available from USGS EROS.

What to Expect:

This webinar introduces participants to the purpose, value, and workflow of Landsat Special Requests. We’ll begin with a brief review of Landsat’s Data Acquisition Plan, which directs the acquisitions of nearly 750 scenes each day for Landsat 8 and Landsat 9, and explains why most acquisitions focus on daytime land surfaces. After establishing this foundation, we will explore how Special Requests allow scientists to obtain observations that fall outside of the standard acquisition plan.

Using real-world examples including nighttime urban heat measurements and near polar ice extent imaging, we will demonstrate how Special Requests expand research possibilities across a wide range of scientific applications.

Participants will learn how to access request forms, complete and submit them correctly (including a walkthrough), understand the approval process, and retrieve acquired data through the USGS EarthExplorer data portal. We will also discuss typical timelines, limitations, and common reasons for approval or denial to help users set realistic expectations.

By the end of the session, participants will have a clear, practical understanding of when and how to submit effective Landsat Special Requests and how these acquisitions can significantly enhance scientific investigations.

We will close the webinar with a question-and-answer session for anything related to Landsat data, or the tools used to access, process, and download the data.

Our guest speaker will be Jacob Savoy, the Landsat User Services Representative and contractor for USGS EROS.

Webinar Details

- Date: Thursday, Apr 16, 2026
- Time: 12:00 pm CDT (UTC/GMT-5)
- Duration: 1 hour

Register Now
Please register to attend the " Landsat Special Requests: Expanding Acquisition Capabilities” webinar. After registering, please either click “Add to Calendar” on the confirmation page or check your email, and possibly your spam folder, for a follow up email from Teams to ensure the webinar is saved to your calendar.

This webinar will be recorded and will be available on the EROS User Experience Webinars webpage at a later date.

For questions, or to sign up to be notified of future no cost webinar opportunities, please contact the USGS EROS User Services team at custserv@usgs.gov.

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A recording of this webinar can be found here: https://www.usgs.gov/media/videos/landsat-special-requests-expanding-acquisition-capabilities