IKONOS is the world's first commerical high resolution satellite and was launched into orbit on September 24, 1999 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on a Athena II rocket. The 1600-pound (720-kilogram) IKONOS was launched into a sun-synchronous, near-polar(98.1degrees), circular low-Earth orbit (423miles) at 11:21:08 a.m. PDT. (2:21:08 p.m. EDT). IKONOS satellite is operated by the Space Imaging Company in Thorton, Colorado.
IKONOS has a panchromatic band with a resolution of 1meter and a multispectural band wit h a resolution of 4meters. The1 meter panchromatic band has a revisit time of 2.9 days and the 4m meter multispectural band has a revisit time of 1.5 days.
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Entry_ID: IKONOS
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites
Short_Name: IKONOS
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Short_Name: IKONOS
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Altitude: 681 km
Orbit_Inclination: 98.1 degree
Equator_Crossing: 10:30 AM
Repeat_Cycle: 3 days
Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous
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Creation_Date: 2007-11-19
Online_Resource: http://www.satimagingcorp.com/satellite-sensors/ikonos.html
Sample_Image: http://www.satimagingcorp.com/media/images/ikonos-satellite.jpg
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 1999-09-24
Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA
Design_Life: Over 7 years
Primary_Sponsor: GeoEye Inc.
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