IKONOS key parameters — bands and radiometry.
| Band |
Wavelength (µm) |
Resolution |
| Panchromatic |
0.45 – 0.90 |
1 m |
| 1 — Blue |
0.45 – 0.52 |
4 m |
| 2 — Green |
0.52 – 0.60 |
4 m |
| 3 — Red |
0.63 – 0.69 |
4 m |
| 4 — NIR |
0.76 – 0.90 |
4 m |
- Pan-sharpening: the 4 m MS can be fused with the 1 m pan to yield an effective
1 m color image.
- Radiometric resolution: 11-bit sensitivity → 2 048 grey levels. Delivered in
16-bit unsigned data format (the extra 5 bits are zero-padded).
- Temporal resolution: ~3 days revisit at mid-latitudes via ±45° off-nadir pointing.