Objectives and Applications
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.
Full Name
Ikonos-2
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
GeoEye
Launch Date
24 Sep 1999
Mission Links
EOL Date
31 Mar 2015
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98.34 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
98.1 deg
Orbit Altitude
681 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:30
Repeat Cycle
14 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
MS - Multispectral Imager |
| PAN - Panchromatic Imager |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | PAN |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | MS, PAN |
| Vegetation | MS, PAN |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | MS, PAN |
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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