flown missionSuccess
Athena II | Ikonos
Lockheed MartinSpace Launch Complex 6 — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Ikonos
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target 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.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Athena II
- Family
- Athena
- Variant
- II
- Provider
- Lockheed Martin
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 6
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.5815, -120.6262