Athena II
SuccessIkonos · Lockheed Martin
Launch time (NET)
Friday, Sep 24, 1999, 18:21 UTC
Launch window
Friday, Sep 24, 1999, 18:21 UTC – Friday, Sep 24, 1999, 18:21 UTC
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Ikonos
Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Polar Orbit (PO)
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.
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