IKONOS, the satellite that help started Google Earth is retired

The World’s first commercial imaging satellite with a one-meter resolution was retired from service on Mar. 31.

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Since 1999, IKONOS had collected more than 400 million square kilometers of earth imagery. These images could be found on Google Earth.

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