LANDSAT MSS
The first Landsat launched by the United Sates was on July 23, 1972. They were used in an effort to collect data about the earth's resources from a satellite as stated by Arnoff.
Comparison of Landsat MSS and merged MSS/RBV data for analysis of natural vegetation. Proc. of the 14th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, San Jose, Costa Rica, 23-30 April, pp. 1001-1007
Pohl, C., and J.L. van Genderen, 1998.
Land use/land cover classifications were derived from Landsat MSS images from 1973, 1978, and 1990. The resulting 15 classes were aggregated into 5 major classes (Fig. 2). The resulting vector coverage was gridded at 80 meters to echo MSS resolution.
developed various different products to process satellite imagery from AVHRR, Landsat MSS, Landsat TM and SPOT imagery into land cover / land use maps, map deforestation, and assist in locating oil reserves.
It has three sensors: a multi-spectral, self-scanning radiometer (similar to the Landsat MSS), a visible and thermal-infrared radiometer (similar to NOAA AVHRR), and a microwave scanning radiometer.
The readme file tells us what the Landsat MSS band is for the image, but we have to look elsewhere for the definition of what those bands represent. For this information, we have to look at a metadata page on the EROS Data Center web site.
The archive includes thousands of Landsat TM and Landsat ETM files, and many Landsat MSS, MODIS and other images.
 See also: Landsat, MSS, Image, Cover, Area
  
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