WorldView 1 (WV 1)
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WorldView 1 [DigitalGlobe]
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., is teamed with DigitalGlobe, Longmont, Colo., to build DigitalGlobe's next-generation, commercial high-resolution imaging satellite, which will provide data under Digital Globe's NextView contract from the U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA).
Once launched, WorldView 1 will be the world's only half-meter resolution commercial imaging satellite, capable of collecting images with 50-centimeter panchromatic resolution.
When combined with DigitalGlobe's existing QuickBird 2 satellite, the company's imaging constellation will be capable of collecting more than 4.5 times the imagery of any current commercial imaging system. By 2007, WorldView 1 alone will be capable of collecting up to 500,000 square kilometers per day of half-meter imagery. The satellite will also be equipped with state-of-the-art geo-location accuracy capability and will exhibit stunning agility with rapid targeting and efficient in-track stereo collection.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Earth observation |
| Operator: | DigitalGlobe |
| Contractors: | Ball Aerospace |
| Equipment: | WorldView-60 camera |
| Configuration: | BCP-5000 |
| Propulsion: | ? |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 7.5 years |
| Mass: | 2500 kg |
| Orbit: | 493 km × 493 km, 97.50° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WorldView 1 (WV 1) | 2007-041A | 18.09.2007 | Va SLC-2W | Delta-7920-10C |