* Astronomy

Lockheed Martin-Built IKONOS Satellite Marks 10 Years In Operations
The world's first commercial, high-resolution, Earth imaging satellite, IKONOS, will achieve its 10th year of operation on Sept. 24. Built by Lockheed Martin, the satellite continues to provide high-resolution imagery of the Earth to commercial and government customers around the world. IKONOS is owned and operated by GeoEye of Dulles, Va.

"When we launched IKONOS in 1999, many said it would change the way we look at the world, and that prediction has certainly come to fruition" -  Jim Crocker, vice president and general manager of Sensing and Exploration Systems at Lockheed Martin Space Systems.

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TLE Data

IKONOS2
1 25919U 99051A   09271.51409258 -.00000087  00000-0 -76222-5 0  3572
2 25919 098.1104 345.2498 0001668 100.4201 259.7189 14.64446888535181

Period:        98.33     
Inclination:  98.11     
Apogee:      680     
Perigee:      678