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IKONOS Is A Space Borne Multispectral Sensor With Very High Spatial Resolution Capabilities

IKONOS is a commercial satellite launched in 1999 that was the first to provide sub-meter resolution panchromatic imagery and 4-meter resolution multispectral imagery. It orbits Earth every 98 minutes at an altitude of about 680 km, passing the same local time each day. IKONOS collects imagery of over 2,000 square km per minute and provides 1-meter resolution black-and-white and 4-meter color imagery that is useful for studying surface conditions and mapping both urban and rural areas.

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IKONOS Is A Space Borne Multispectral Sensor With Very High Spatial Resolution Capabilities

IKONOS is a commercial satellite launched in 1999 that was the first to provide sub-meter resolution panchromatic imagery and 4-meter resolution multispectral imagery. It orbits Earth every 98 minutes at an altitude of about 680 km, passing the same local time each day. IKONOS collects imagery of over 2,000 square km per minute and provides 1-meter resolution black-and-white and 4-meter color imagery that is useful for studying surface conditions and mapping both urban and rural areas.

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IKONOS is a space borne multispectral sensor with very high

spatial resolution capabilities.

Launched in 1999, it was the first commercial satellite with sub-meter


resolution in a panchromatic band.

It also has 4 color bands with 4 meter resolution (blue, green, red, near infrared)
black-and white images with 1-meter resolution.
The sensor has the ability to rotate and can acquire images up to 60
degrees off nadir.
•The sensor has the ability to rotate and can acquire
images up to 60 degrees off nadir.

IKONOS data is very useful for studying surface conditions


on a fine scale
Sensor Characteristics

The IKONOS satellite weighs about 1600 pounds.


It orbits the Earth every 98 minutes at an altitude of
approximately 680 kilometers or 423 miles.
IKONOS was launched into a sun-synchronous orbit,
passing a given longitude at about the same local time
(10:30 A.M.) daily. IKONOS can produce 1-meter

Spectral Range 1-meter black-and-white


(panchromatic) 0.45 - 0.90 mm. 4-meter

multispectral Blue: 0.45 - 0.52 mm Green: 0.51


- 0.60 mm Red: 0.63 - 0.70mm Near IR: 0.76 -
0.85 mm
Its short return interval (3 days) is also advantageous for
observing changing conditions and increases the chance of
getting cloud and smoke free scenes. Unlike sensors such as
Landsat and MODIS which are continually acquiring and
archiving data, IKONOS imagery is gathered on-demand.
Moving over the ground at approximately seven kilometers
per second, IKONOS collects black and-white and
multispectral data at a rate of over 2,000 square kilometers
per minute.

IKONOS satellite imagery provides access to any location on


the Earth’s surface.
IKONOS is used to obtain both urban and rural mapping of
natural resources and of natural disasters, tax mapping,
agriculture and forestry analysis, mining, engineering,
construction, and change detection.
IKONOS(1 m Panchromatic)
IKONOS (4 m Multispectral)

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