Athena II | Ikonos

Mission Details

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

Country

🇺🇸 USA