Worldview

WorldView is equipped with state-of-the-art geo-location accuracy capability, and will exhibit stunning agility with rapid targeting and efficient in-track stereo collection. The satellite’s orbit of 450 kilometers will enable it to revisit collection areas more frequently, allowing customers to repeat their image acquisitions daily.

WorldView I is being built to satisfy requirements for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency’s (NGA’s) NextView contract, which was awarded to DigitalGlobe in September 2003, as well as to serve DigitalGlobe’s commercial and international customers. WorldView I will free-up QuickBird to exclusively serve the global commercial marketplace. WorldView II adds more capacity to meet the growing demand for high-resolution satellite imagery.

Customers are already benefiting from the WorldView ground system, which was implemented in January 2005 to support the processing and distribution of existing QuickBird products. This system enables more effective and efficient imagery collection and processing, thereby increasing product delivery timelines. Combined with the company’s online ImageLibrary, the efficient WorldView system enables DigitalGlobe to keep up with high levels of product demand.

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