What Is the Status of Landsat 7

question 18

Multiple Choice

What is the status of Landsat 7?

• A)It was decommissioned and replaced in orbit by Landsat 8 in 2011.
• B)Its scan-line corrector failed in 2003.
• C)It did not achieve orbit and was replaced with the LDCM program.
• D)It continues its mission unabated (alongside Landsat 5).

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Definitions:

Bandwagon Effect

Positive network externality in which a consumer wishes to possess a good in part because others do.

Network Externalities

Benefits or detriments to a product's value that result from the number of users the product has.

Negative Network Externalities

Adverse effects on a user of a product or service because the number of other users is too large or incompatible in some way.

Snob Effect

A phenomenon where the demand for a particular good increases as the price increases because the good is perceived as exclusive or high-status.