The WorldView-4 Satellite Collects Off-Nadir Imagery

The WorldView-4 satellite is a commercial Earth observation satellite that was built by Lockheed Martin and is being operated by DigitalGlobe. These two companies are leading providers of Earth observation data products and are providing the highest resolution data available on the commercial market. Here, we discuss the various benefits of off-nadir viewing and what it means for the commercial market. Read on to learn more.

GeoEye-1

The WorldView-4 satellite is scheduled to launch in September 2016. This mission will collect high-resolution images of the entire globe, including Earth, as well as collect imagery in different resolutions, allowing scientists and researchers to analyze them for a variety of purposes. In addition to providing high-resolution images, WorldView-4 is expected to provide accurate mapping of land, ocean, and ice sheets.

WorldView-4

The launch of the WorldView-4 satellite, designed to provide high-quality imagery, doubles DigitalGlobe’s capacity to collect 30-cm resolution commercial satellite imagery. This new satellite will serve the growing demand for high-resolution imagery and expand DigitalGlobe’s time-lapse image library. The satellite was designed and developed by Lockheed Martin, with its imaging payload developed by Harris Corp. The satellite was launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on November 11, 2016.

SpaceViewTM 110 imaging payload

The WorldView-4 satellite is the latest satellite from DigitalGlobe, a leading provider of earth imagery. The satellite is slated to launch in September 2016 and will feature the same spatial resolution of 30 cm as its predecessor. However, WorldView-4 will have a longer revisit time, enabling it to better track changes to the planet. It will be available to both US and non-US government agencies.

off-nadir viewing

The WorldView-4 satellite is the latest addition to the DigitalGlobe constellation, and it will be the second commercial satellite to provide high-resolution, off-nadir imagery. It has four 1.24-meter multispectral bands and a resolution of 30 centimeters, which makes it perfect for capturing large areas of data quickly. European Space Imaging (ESI), a private company, has already begun supplying 30 cm imagery from the satellites.

Map-accurate imagery

In October 2010, the United States ordered the WorldView-4 satellite to collect high-resolution images of Earth. It is the first step in a phased process to create a third-generation high-resolution Earth-imaging system. In its design, WorldView-4 incorporated lessons learned from its predecessor, GeoEye-1, which was launched in 2008.

SpaceViewTM 110

WorldView-4 is a commercial satellite that will launch this summer on an Atlas V rocket. The satellite will provide 31 cm panchromatic and 1.23 m multispectral imagery. The collection of this high-resolution imagery will be available in a variety of formats, including ortho-rectified, stereo pairs, and terrain-corrected. The WorldView-4 collection plan will be constantly analyzed and improved, as its operational area expands. The new satellite is designed to enhance the collection capacity of the DigitalGlobe constellation.

GIS-2 imaging system

GeoEye Inc. launched its WorldView-4 (WV-4) satellite in October 2010 as the GeoEye-2 spacecraft. The company contracted with Lockheed and ITT Corporation to develop the high-resolution Earth-imaging system, the first of a phased development process for a third-generation system. The system’s high-resolution imagery has a 30-centimeter resolution and was based on lessons learned from the GeoEye-1 spacecraft, launched on a Delta-II rocket in 2008.