Launched in 1999 by Space Imaging, IKONOS
z collects 0.82-meter panchromatic and 3.2-meter multispectral
z data at a rate of over 2,000 square kilometers per minute.
z IKONOS orbits the Earth every 98 minutes at an altitude of
approximately 680 kilometers or 423 miles.
z It travels a sun-synchronous orbit, passing a given longitude at 10:30
AM local time.
z IKONOS is operated out of Thornton, C