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Ikonos
Athena IILockheed MartinSpace Launch Complex 6
Friday, September 24, 1999 · 06:21 PM UTCAdd to Calendar
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, an operating unit of Missiles & Space, has revolutionized the space-based imagery market with the development of the first commercial satellite capable of resolving objects on the ground as small as one meter in diameter. The company is providing a spacecraft, designated IKONOS 1, for Space Imaging, Thornton, CO, which offers high-resolution imagery of the Earth to customers around the world.
PayloadIkonos
OrbitPolar Orbit
CustomerLockheed Martin
Stages0
PadSpace Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Site lock
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.581°N, 120.626°W
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
