Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
PO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Fri, 24 Sep 1999 18:21:08 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4342 ever
Mission
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.