IKONOS is derived from the Greek word for "image." The
IKONOS satellite is the world's first commercial satellite
to collect black-and-white (panchromatic) images with 1-meter
resolution and multispectral imagery with 4-meter resolution.
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.
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.
On the right is a sample
of the 1m pan sharpened (1m black & white merged with 4m
colour) IKONOS data, acquired over central London on 4th
November 2000. This high resolution data is comparable to
that of high altitude aerial photography.
N.B. Prices for data recorded by some regional ground stations
may vary substantially.
International
Archive
New
Collect International
(excludes some regional acquisitions)
50-meter horizontal and 10-meter
vertical accuracy with no ground control
Altitude
423 miles / 681 kilometres
Inclination
98.1°
Descending nodal crossing time
10:30 am
Orbit type
Sun-synchronous
View Angle
Pixel Size (Pan)
Pixel Size (XS)
26.89°
1.00m
4.00m
43.96°
1.50m
6.00m
51.00°
2.00m
8.00m
(All pixels are resampled
to 1.00m before delivery)
A range of acceptable viewing angles can be specified by the customer before
image acquisition.
IKONOS data is provided on CD-ROM in GeoTIF Format with either 11-bit
or 8-bit per waveband.
