Ikonos 1

Also called CRSS 1

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General

Designation	n/a
Launch date	27 Apr 1999
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	640 km (sun-synchronous)
Inclination	98°
Period
Launch vehicle	Athena #5

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End of life

Out of service	27 Apr 1999
Cause	launch failure

Was to be the first 1 meter commercial remote sensing satellite. Its launched was delayed 1 year because of difficulties to setup the onboard software to prevent pictures of US allies to be taken and because of gyroscopes problems.

The satellite was insured for $157 million.

Identical to Ikonos 2

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