1. 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
(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

2. 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

3. Special Applications
Both urban and rural mapping of natural resources and of natural disasters
Topographic mapping:
Agriculture and forestry analysis, engineering, construction
Mining, oil and gas exploration
Change detection: citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi= pdf
Coastal mapping:
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
-> 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

4. Alexis Moore