Athena II | Ikonos

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Lockheed Martin (Commercial)
• Rocket: Athena II — Athena family

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.

• Type: Earth Science
• Orbit: Polar Orbit (PO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Space Launch Complex 6
• Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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