Satellite characteristics
Launch Date - End 23 September 1999 - 30 March 2015
Status Decommissioned
Orbit type Sun-synchronous near-polar circular orbit
Altitude 681
Orbit inclination 98.1
Equatorial crossing time 10:30:00
Orbit period 98
Satellite family: Digital Globe - MDA Constellation
DigitalGlobe is an American supplier of very high-resolution commercial satellite imagery. DigitalGlobe owns and operates a fleet of Earth imaging satellites including IKONOS, Quickbird, GeoEye-1 and WorldView 1,2,3 and the recently launched WorldView 4 capable of seeing objects as small as 30 cm.On February 2017, DigitalGlobe has agreed to combine with MDA, the Canadian radar, telecommunications, and imagery corporation.
With IKONOS, a new era of 1m spatial resolution imagery began for spaceborne instruments in the field of civil Earth observation. IKONOS-2 was the world’s first commercial satellite to collect panchromatic images with 80 cm resolution and multispectral imagery with 3.2 meter resolution. It was decommissioned in March 2015 ending a 15 year mission life.
Sensor characteristics
| Sensor name | OSA (Optical Sensor Assembly) |
|---|---|
| Sensor short description | |
| Sensor type | Imaging radiometer (Vis/IR) |
| Resolution class | Submetric |
| Spatial resolution | 0.8<br>3.2 |
| Swath width (at nadir) | 11 km |
| Revisit frequency | 3 days |
| Max look angle | 30 ° |