| Sensor Name |
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| Sensor Description
| It orbits the Earth every 98 minutes at an altitude of approximately 680
kilometers or 423 miles. IKONOS was launched into a sun-synchronous orbit,
passing a given longitude at about the same local time (10:30 A.M.) daily.
IKONOS can produce 1-meter imagery of the same geography every 3 days.
Spectral Range
1-meter black-and-white (panchromatic)
0.45 - 0.90 mm.
4-meter multispectral
Blue: 0.45 - 0.52 mm
Green: 0.51 - 0.60 mm
Red: 0.63 - 0.70mm
Near IR: 0.76 - 0.85 mm |
| Spatial Resolution
| 1m black-and-white (panchromatic) and 4m multispectral (red, blue, green, near infrared) |
| Additional Information
| IKONOS
sensor
overview |
| Copyright
| © DigitalGlobe, Inc., All Rights Reserved |
| Access
| The distribution of DigitalGlobe imagery held by the AADC is restricted due to
copyright.
Apart from internal use of the imagery by the AAD, the AADC may loan the
imagery to a group outside the AAD subject to the following conditions:
1 the group is involved in a joint project with the AAD for which a written
agreement exists;
2 the loan is just for the duration of the joint project. |
| Acknowledgement
| If the image is reproduced
'DigitalGlobe imagery courtesy of the Australian Antarctic Data Centre ©
DigitalGlobe, Inc., All Rights Reserved'.
If information is derived from the image
'Includes copyrighted material of DigitalGlobe, Inc., All Rights Reserved“. |