Ikonos-1 was planned for launch in 1999 but the launch failed. Ikonos-2 was planned for launch in 2000, but was renamed Ikonos and was launched in September 1999 to replace Ikonos-1. The imaging sensors are panchromatic and multispectral. This satellite has a polar, circular, sun-synchronous 681-km orbit and both sensors have a swath width of 11 km.
| Band | Wavelength Region (µm) | Resolution (m) |
| 1 | 0.45-0.52 (blue) | 4 |
| 2 | 0.52-0.60 (green) | 4 |
| 3 | 0.63-0.69 (red) | 4 |
| 4 | 0.76-0.90 (near-IR) | 4 |
| PAN | 0.45-0.90 (PAN) | 1 |
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