How will the IKONOS data be downlinked, through a central station or through the network of receiving stations?
Data can be digitally transmitted from the satellite to the Primary Operations Center in Thornton, Colorado (near Denver), or our remote sites in Alaska, Sweden, and Oklahoma. All processing for these four sites is performed in Denver. SIME, other Regional Affiliates and International Alliance Partners can receive and process imagery taken within their territory, which is a 2300-kilometer radius from where they chose to locate an antenna. Customers everywhere may access global imagery through Space Imaging’s globally distributed, digital archive.
