WorldView-2 Satellite
and Anticipated
Product Information
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Commercial
operation is expected in late 2009.
When available, we
expect to offer fully supported and licensed
WorldView-2 imagery and image derived information solutions to meet specific
customer needs by
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- searching
the archive for the best and most recently archived coverage,
- tasking the system to acquire new imagery,
- providing
competitive quotes
with accurate technical specifications,
- and fast delivery of products with
long-term customer satisfaction support.
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WorldView-2 Key Features
Built
to collect an unmatched eight bands of multi-spectral imagery with
a spatial resolution of 1.8 meters,
this system is expected to offer
an exceptional advance of land cover feature discrimination.
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Image of DigitalGlobe's
WorldView-2 Earth Observing Satellite Platform
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WorldView-2 Specifications |
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Products |
Commercial
archive and new acquisition tasking. |
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Spectral
Resolution |
One Panchromatic
Band
Four Standard Multi-spectral Bands
(red, green, blue, near-IR)
Four Additional Multi-spectral Bands
("coastal", yellow, red edge, near-IR) |
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Ground Sample
Distance (GSD),
(Spatial
Resolution) |
Multi-spectral
1.8 m GSD at Nadir
2.4 m GSD at 20º Off-Nadir
Panchromatic
0.46 m GSD at Nadir
0.52 m GSD at 20° Off-Nadir
Note: imagery will be re-sampled to 0.5 m for non-US
government customers. |
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Digitization |
11-bits per Pixel |
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Swath Width |
16.4 km |
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Geospatial
Accuracy,
(CE90) |
Without Ground Control Points (GCPs):
10.7 m.
With GCPs: less than 5 m. |
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Orbit |
Altitude: 770 km
Type: Sun synchronous southward equatorial transit at 10:30 am local
time. |
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Revisit
Frequency |
1.1 days at 1.0 m GSD
3.7 days at 0.52 m GSD |
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Estimated Lifespan |
7.25 Years |
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