IKONOS ~Derived from the Greek term eikōn, meaning image~ Satellite Repetitive, circular, sun-synchronous and near-polar orbit Sensor OSA Date of Launch September 24, 1999 Bands 1 (blue) 2 (green) 3 (red) 4 (near IR) Wavelengths (nm) 445–516 506–595
632–698
757–853 526-929 (pan spectral range) Spatial Resolution Very High: 1m (pan-sharpened) & 4m - 82cm (pan) - 4m (ms)  1m resolution is a product of pan + ms merging Swath Width 11.3 km Revisit Time Approx. 3 days Nodal Crossing 10:30am Altitude 681 km Radiometric Resolution 8-bit or 11-bit

Operation Is a commercial satellite Was the first to collect publicly available high-resolution imagery which began being sold on January 1, 2000 More than 300 million square kilometers of imagery that has been collected over every continent Transmits data via telemetry Life expectancy is >8.3 years Moves at 6.8km s-1 over the ground! Issues IKONOS-1 failed in launch in 1999  this IKONOS is #2 Costs $10-45 per km2 (min order size 49 km2)  from eurimage Future Plans Keep doing what its doing Websites http://eoedu.belspo.be/en/applications/index.htm http://www.eurimage.com/products/ikonos.html http://www.geoeye.com/CorpSite/products-and-services/imagery-sources/

Special Applications Both urban and rural mapping of natural resources and of natural disasters Topographic mapping: http://www.credent-asia.com/a01.pdf Agriculture and forestry analysis, engineering, construction Mining, oil and gas exploration http://www.gisrs.com/IKONOS.htm Change detection: citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.88.4369-2.pdf Coastal mapping: http://www.asprs.org/publications/pers/2003journal/august/2003_aug_873-879.pdf IKONOS images have also been procured by SIC for use in the media and motion picture industries, providing aerial views and satellite photos for many areas around the world Its high resolution data makes an integral contribution to homeland security & coastal monitoring Can be programmed to acquire stereo image data http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXIV/part4/pdfpapers/329.pdf -> Digital Surface Models (DSM’s) + Digital Elevation Models (DEM’s) + Natural Colour Satellite Image mosaic = 3D Terrain Visualization for planning of: -Transmission lines - Railroads - Construction Projects - Roads - 3D Flythrough movies - Pipelines

Alexis Moore http://www.satimagingcorp.com/gallery-ikonos.html