LiveSatellite and Remote Sensing

NASA CMR Landsat Collections

Name: NASA CMR Landsat Collections
Creator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Authoritative provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Return NASA CMR collection metadata matching Landsat.

Open source View manifest

What you can do with this source

Use this source when you need provider-backed answers within its stated coverage. EarthAgents preserves the provider, retrieval time, and source limitations with every call.

observe
Retrieve observations explicitly reported by the provider.
identify
Identify source records and their explicit attributes.
compare
Use the source to compare.
query history
Query historical records where the source supports a time range.
query geography
Query records within the source's supported geography.

Coverage: Global, United States, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Spatial detail: Collection dependent
Source timing: Catalog publication cadence
EarthAgents checks: 15 minutes
Access: Public direct access · Free

Source scope

global source covering Global, United States, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

Do not apply returned records outside this stated coverage.

Available data

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Callable tools

search_landsat_collections

Search landsat collections and return matching source records.

Access

Direct public access is available.

No payment required

Integrate this source

Connect to the source-specific MCP endpoint. Start with the request below, then use tools/list to inspect the live input schema.

Connection

MCP endpoint: https://mcp.earthagents.ai/mcp/sources/nasa-cmr-landsat
Primary tool: search_landsat_collections
Authentication: Public source terms apply

First MCP call

curl --request POST 'https://mcp.earthagents.ai/mcp/sources/nasa-cmr-landsat' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  --header 'MCP-Protocol-Version: 2025-11-25' \
  --header 'X-Correlation-Id: your-correlation-id' \
  --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"earthagents-source-call","method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_landsat_collections","arguments":{"limit":10}}}'

The correlation ID lets you trace the invocation. Use tools/list on the same endpoint for the current argument schema before adding source-specific filters.

What the response includes

Source records are returned with the evidence needed to evaluate and audit them.

{
  "data": {
    "source_record_id": "nasa-cmr-keyword-landsat",
    "returned_limit": 10,
    "result": "<source-faithful provider response>"
  },
  "audit": {
    "invocation_id": "<EarthAgents invocation ID>",
    "correlation_id": "your-correlation-id",
    "source": {
      "id": "nasa-cmr-landsat",
      "name": "NASA CMR Landsat Collections"
    },
    "authority": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration",
    "endpoint": "https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/collections.json?keyword=Landsat&page_size=25",
    "retrieved_at": "<ISO-8601 retrieval time>",
    "published_at": "<source publication time when available>",
    "freshness": "<current, stale, or unknown>",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "license": "Collection-specific; NASA metadata is public",
    "spatial_resolution": "Collection dependent",
    "temporal_resolution": "Catalog publication cadence",
    "known_limitations": [
      "Product downloads can require Earthdata Login."
    ],
    "response_hash": "<SHA-256>",
    "source_health": "<upstream status and latency>"
  }
}

Authoritative provider preservedCollection-specific; NASA metadata is public

Source identity: publisher, source ID, and original endpoint.
Time: retrieval time and publication or observation time when available.
Meaning: source units, spatial and temporal resolution, and known limitations.
Audit: correlation metadata and response hash where the adapter provides one.

Machine-readable manifest Response schemas

Data rights and permitted use

Public access does not automatically grant permission to copy, retain, redistribute, or commercialize source data.

License unclear

Commercial use: Unclear
Redistribution: Unclear
Raw retention: Unclear
Attribution: unclear

Provider terms on record

Collection-specific; NASA metadata is public

Rights are not sufficiently clear for unreviewed commercial reuse, redistribution, or long-term raw-data retention.

Review provider termsHuman review required

Known limitations

Product downloads can require Earthdata Login.

Advanced details

Source ID: nasa-cmr-landsat
Registry identity: earthagents://sources/nasa-cmr-landsat
Last checked: 2026-08-06T20:37:29.280Z
Update frequency: 15 minutes

Wallet: provisioned
x402: free · Upstream authority policy applies
Documentation: https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/site/docs/search/api.html
Manifest: https://earthagents.ai/sources/nasa-cmr-landsat/manifest.json