Ikonos Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
24 Sep 1999, 6:21pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Space Launch Complex 6
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Ikonos
Mission Type
Earth Science
Destination
Polar Orbit
Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, an operating unit of Missiles & Space, has revolutionized the space-based imagery market with the development of the first commercial satellite capable of resolving objects on the ground as small as one meter in diameter. The company is providing a spacecraft, designated IKONOS 1, for Space Imaging, Thornton, CO, which offers high-resolution imagery of the Earth to customers around the world.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC
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