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SpatialNews.com Press Release
First High-Resolution Satellite Image of Sydney's Olympic Park Released
September 12, 2000 -- Space Imaging's Color Snapshot from Space Shows Remarkable Detail; Available
to Media
DENVER, Colo., September 12, 2000 - Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite has
taken a detailed color photograph of the Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia.
The spectacular image shows the site of the Olympic Games that begin on
Sept. 15, 2000. The image is free to the media at www.prnewswire.com or
http://newswire.spaceimaging.com.
This first one-meter resolution image of Sydney was collected by Space
Imaging's IKONOS satellite, which travels four miles per-second in an orbit
423 miles above Earth. It is the first high-resolution satellite image ever
taken of an Olympic site. The image showcases the stunning features of the
2000 Olympic Park, located just off Homebush Bay about nine miles or 14
kilometers west of downtown Sydney. Olympic Park venues visible in the image
include the Main Stadium, Superdome, Athletics Centre and warm-up arena,
Aquatic Centre, and the hockey, tennis and baseball venues.
Credit: Spaceimaging.com
The image is also available for download to the public on Space Imaging's
Web site (www.spaceimaging.com) for just $10.
About Space Imaging
Space Imaging is a leading supplier of space imagery, aerial photography,
mapping services, and derivative geographic information products and
services. The company launched the world's first and only one-meter
resolution, commercial imaging satellite, IKONOS, on Sept. 24, 1999. Space
Imaging also collects and/or distributes Earth imagery from the Indian
Remote Sensing satellites, the U.S. Landsat, Canada's RADARSAT and the
European Space Agency's ERS satellites. The company also delivers
aerial-derived imagery products collected by its own Digital Airborne
Imaging System.
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