The WorldView-1 satellite is the most agile commercial satellite ever flown.
The high-capacity, panchromatic imaging system features half-meter resolution imagery.
The satellite is also equipped with state-of-the-art geolocation accuracy capabilities and exhibits stunning agility with rapid pointing and efficient in-track stereo collection.
WorldView-1 is designed to efficiently and accurately image large areas with industry leading geolocation accuracy. The WorldView-1 spacecraft is capable of collecting up to 750,000 square kilometers (290,000 square miles) of imagery per day.
| Technical specifications on the Worldview-1 satellite | |
| Launch | September 18, 2007 |
| Orbit | 496 km altitude sun-synchronous, 94.6 minutes |
| Nominal swath width | 17.6 Km at nadir |
| On-board storage | 2,200 Gbit |
| Dynamic Range | 11 bits per pixel |
| Resolution | Panchromatic 0.5 meters at nadir, 0.55 meters at 20º off-nadir |
| Spectral Bandwidth | 400—900 nanometers |
| Accuracy | CE90% 6.5m |
| Average revisit | 5 days |
| Single-Pass Monoscopic Area Coverage |
1 area of 60 x 110 Km |
| Single-Pass Stereoscopic Area Coverage |
1 area of 30 x 110 Km |
| Geolocation Accuracy (CE90) | Geolocation Accuracy specification of 6.5m CE90% at nadir, with actual accuracy in the range of 4.0 – 5.5m CE90%, excluding terrain and off-nadir effects |
WorldView-1 Imagery Products are available in the following file formats:
- GeoTIFF 1.0
- NITF 2.0
- NITF 2.1
WorldView-1, with its superior increase in capability and capacity and QuickBird another high-resolution satellite, together operate as the world’s highest-resolution commercial satellite constellation. The two satellites are collecting up to 900,000 square kilometers of new imagery per day. This will enable faster turn-around on collection and rapid updating of image libraries.
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