WorldView 3 (WV 3)

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Launch data: Designation  40115 / 14048A - 18:30 UT/TD> Launch date  13 Aug 2014 - 18:30 UT Launch site  Va, SLC-3E Launch vehicle  Atlas-5/401 (AV-047) Mission  Earth observing, Imaging Sun-synchronous Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  612 x 614 km Eccentricity   Inclination  97.98 ° Period  96.95 min

Worldview 2

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Description:

• WORLDVIEW-3 is capable of resolving surface features as small as one foot (0.3 m) across and features a state-of-the-art multi-spectral imaging system, a high-speed data downlink operating at 1.2 gigabits per second and control moment gyroscopes that will allow ground controllers to quickly re-orient the spacecraft for on-demand observations. From an altitude of nearly 400 miles (644 km), WorldView-3 offers unprecedented resolution for a commercial satellite."

Mission details:

• DigitalGlobe's WorldView-3 high resolution imaging satellite was launched Aug 13, 2014 into a 612 x 614 km x 98.0 deg, 1015LTDN sun-synchronous orbit by an Atlas V 401 rocket, serial AV-047. The Centaur stage restarted to use up its extra propellant by accelerating to an escape trajectory to solar orbit. WV-3 has an imager with 0.3m ground resolution in addition to multispectral and 3.7-micron IR cameras.
• Digital Globe was formerly EarthWatch Inc, and merged with the former Space Imaging Inc. (GeoEye) in 2012, which itself absorbed EOSAT in 1996 and OrbImage in 2006, completing the consolidation of the first generation of US commercial imaging companies.

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