CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- Ikonos-2
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Full Name
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Ikonos-2
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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GeoEye
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Launch Date
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24 Sep 1999
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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31 Mar 2015
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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25919 (TLE)
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International Designator
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1999-051A
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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98.34 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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98.1 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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681 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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10:30
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Repeat Cycle
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14 days
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Objectives and Applications
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Ikonos-2 is an imaging satellite of GeoEye providing high-resolution imagery on a commercial basis. The spacecraft operations of Ikonos-2 are unique among the current commercial imaging satellites in that they allow each international affiliate to operate its own ground station(s). These ground stations are assigned blocks of time on the satellite during which they can directly task Ikonos, and immediately receive the downlinked imagery for which they tasked. In addition to virtually instant data receipt, this allows each affiliate to make the best use of local weather data. However, this capability is only available when the ground station is in contact with Ikonos.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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Ikonos-2 ESA Archive
Jan-2008
| Ikonos-2 was a high-resolution commercial imaging satellite operated by Maxar.
Ikonos-2 carried MS and PAN instruments, known as the Optical Sensor Assembly
(OSA). The outputs of these instruments were combined in post-processing into
a synthesised product known as the Geo Ortho Kit. The collection is composed by the copy of products requested by ESA supported
projects through the TPM scheme over their areas of interest in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East
from 2000 to 2008. Read more 
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