WorldView-1
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WorldView-1 (WV 1) is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by Vantor (formerly DigitalGlobe). WorldView-1 was launched on 18 September 2007, followed later by the WorldView-2 in 2009. First imagery from WorldView-1 was available in October 2007, prior to the six-year anniversary of the launch of QuickBird, DigitalGlobe's previous satellite.
Key facts
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- all
- Spaceflight.name
- WorldView-1
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Earth observation
- Spaceflight.operator
- Vantor
- Spaceflight.website
- Vantor Constellation WorldView-1
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2007-041A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 32060
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- Planned: 7.25 years Elapsed:
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
- BCP-5000
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- Ball Aerospace
- Spaceflight.power
- 3200 watts
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Delta II 7920-10C, D-326
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Vandenberg SLC-2W
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- BoeingUnited Launch Alliance
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- 25 January 2015, 02:44:46 UTC
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- LEO
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2007-09-18
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WorldView-1 (WV 1) is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by Vantor (formerly DigitalGlobe). WorldView-1 was launched on 18 September 2007, followed later by the WorldView-2 in 2009. First imagery from WorldView-1 was available in October 2007, prior to the six-year anniversary of the launch of QuickBird, DigitalGlobe's previous satellite.
WorldView-1 was partially financed through an agreement with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Some of the imagery captured by WorldView-1 for the NGA is not available to the general public. However, WorldView-1 freed capacity on DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite to meet the growing commercial demand for multi-spectral geospatial imagery.