IKONOS satellite
When GeoEye successfully launched the IKONOS satellite in 1999, it made history with the world¡¯s first one-meter commercial remote sensing satellite. Since then, GeoEye has set the standard for quickly delivering large volumes of tonally balanced, map accurate, mosaicked images for a variety of industries and applications. To date, IKONOS has collected more than 275 million square kilometers of imagery that is readily available in our digital archive.
Moving over the ground at approximately seven kilometers per second, IKONOS collects black-and-white and multispectral data at a rate of over 2,000 square kilometers per minute. IKONOS satellite imagery provides access to any location on the Earth¡¯s surface. Through the nearly fifteen, 98-minute journeys it makes around the globe each day, IKONOS collects vital statistics about the Earth¡¯s ever-changing features¨Dfrom fluctuations in land and water resources to the build-out of new urban areas. Commercial and governmental organizations rely on GeoEye¡¯s high-resolution imagery to view, map, measure, monitor and manage global activities. Applications range from national security and disaster assessment to urban planning and agricultural monitoring. Drawing on the spectacular views from IKONOS, the possibilities are endless.
IKONOS Sensor Overview
IKONOS is derived from the Greek word for "image." The IKONOS satellite is the world's first commercial satellite to collect black-and-white images with 1-meter resolution and multispectral imagery with 4-meter resolution.
Sensor Characteristics
The IKONOS satellite weighs about 1600 pounds. It orbits the Earth every 98 minutes at an altitude of approximately 680 kilometers or 423 miles. IKONOS was launched into a sun-synchronous orbit, passing a given longitude at about the same local time (10:30 A.M.) daily. IKONOS can produce 1-meter imagery of the same geography every 3 days.
Spectral Range
1-meter black-and-white (panchromatic)
0.45 - 0.90 mm.
4-meter multispectral
Blue: 0.45 - 0.52 mm
Green: 0.51 - 0.60 mm
Red: 0.63 - 0.70mm
Near IR: 0.76 - 0.85 mm
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Standard products include 1-meter black-and-white, 4-meter multispectral (all bands), 1-meter color (true color, false color, or 4-band), and a 1-meter and 4-meter data bundle.
IKONOS image data is available in easy to use 8-bit or full dynamic range 11-bit format.
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