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Ikonos 1 lost in space

Posted by Hemos on from the lost-in-time-lost-in-space-and-meaning dept.

Tom Rothamel writes "The Ikonos 1 satellite was lost on launch. Seeing that its mission was essentially to sell spy satellite photography, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. " It was interesting idea-selling satellite photos to private companies and such. Man-we could have had a great picture done of Geek Complex3. Snif.

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  1. Now they can sell to goverment without telling by bluGill · · Score: 2

    Pardon me for being a cynic, but All I can think of is some goverment paying to "loose" this satalite and then aiming it where they want to, to take pictures where they want to of what they want to know.

  2. Spy satellite? Hardly.... by eaarseth · · Score: 2

    That satellite isn't much of a "spy" satelite....
    If you take a look at this article, the images have 1 meter resolution (i.e 1 pixel = 1 meter om the ground.) Very nice for civilian use, but nothing compared to what's already up there in military satellites, AFAIK. It's been a while since I learned a bit about Remote Sensing at college, but I guess 1 meter resolution was common in military satellites 20 years ago or so...