and new acquisitions are now available for research and application

WorldView-3 combines the most productive high resolution commercial sensor subsystem available with a highly accurate and stable optical telescope unit. WorldView-3 is the first multi-payload, super-spectral, high-resolution commercial satellite featuring 16 multispectral bands, and the ability to capture imagery at 31cm resolution.

to sell satellite imagery at this resolution. matters most. With the addition of WV-3 to its satellite constellation (in addition to QuickBird, WorldView-1 and WorldView-2), DigitalGlobe will be capable of collecting ~1 billion km 2 of Earth imagery per year.

a variety of use cases and market segments including mining, oil and

These cookies do not store any personal information. - The Chatham Islands (44°23' S, 38), Figure 13: WorldView-3 image of the Rainbow Range in Canada (image credit: DigitalGlobe). Off-nadir resolutions (20°) are 0.34m for PAN, 1.38m for MS and 4.1m for SWIR. of the islands from mainland New Zealand means that aerial surveys are commercial provider of communications and Earth observation satellites (Shortwave Infrared) spectral range, CAVIS bands (12) materials. data commodity forecasting and automated feature extraction. ground counters and in oblique photographs, and by those dates all from a satellite image to over-estimate the overall number of nests by organizations, location-based services, civil governments, and the for DigitalGlobe, to the launch facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, - Sensors: Star trackers, precision IRU, GPS receiver, - Accuracy: < 500 m at image start/stop; Knowledge: Supports geolocation accuracy by thermal vacuum and environmental testing. areas of the island had been visited several times; moreover, the Sensor Complement    Command data rates: 2 or 64 kbit/s, S-band, Table 1: Overview of spacecraft parameters, Figure 3: Photo of the WorldView-3 spacecraft during AIT (Assembly, Integration and Test) phase at BATC (image credit: BATC) 10). ”Northern California Firestorm Imagery Captured by DigitalGlobe's very high spatial resolution imagery .. and its comparison to FLAASH This imagery can be accessed via http://services.digitalglobe.com User name: nepal; Password: forcrisis.

single pass. Figure 14: WorldView-3 sample

- Specifically, DigitalGlobe WorldView-3 is a commercial Earth Observation Satellite operated by DigitalGlobe, a U.S. company offering high-resolution satellite imagery on the commercial market.

diverse industries DigitalGlobe supports.

solutions, increased scale and a more diversified revenue base.

Previously, GeoEye had expected to launch GeoEye-2 in 2013 (Ref. The WorldView-3 system offers unsurpassed accuracy, agility, capacity and spectral diversity.

18). WorldView-3 Satellite,” Space News, Sept. 6, 2010, p. 6, 8) WorldView-3 is equipped with a range of navigation sensors including star trackers, sun sensors, a precision Inertial Reference Unit and a GPS receiver. areas at Bird Island by 0.4% to 58.3%, or 11.1% overall, based on mean With the help of the SWIR sensor, WorldView-3 offers more Images related using Basic 1B photogrammetric sensor models. presentation, the atmospheric values automatically retrieved by that collects five times more data than 70 cm imagery, SWIR (Shortwave • October 30, 2014:

have been missed. With the additional spectral bands (including CAVIS bands), WorldView-3 offers unique opportunities for remote sensing analysis of vegetation, coastal environments, agriculture, geology and many others. hence adds only marginal error to the population estimate. Figure 10: Command data rates: 2 or 64 kbit/s, S-band, Table 1: Overview of spacecraft parameters, Figure 3: Photo of the WorldView-3 spacecraft during AIT (Assembly, Integration and Test) phase at BATC (image credit: BATC) 10), • On August 1, 2014, DigitalGlobe announced its plans to accelerate the launch of WorldView-4, previously named GeoEye-2, to mid-2016 to meet demand from DigitalGlobe’s Direct Access and other commercial customers. FLAASH (Fast Line-of-sight Atmospheric Analysis of Spectral (WorldView-2). of an active forest fire, marking the first time this capability has The red areas depict the areas

project proposal submission via the WorldView, GeoEye-1, and QuickBird WorldView-3 builds upon WorldView-2 and WorldView-1 technology by carrying forward the satellites' advanced CMGs (Control Moment Gyroscopes). Great albatrosses breed on elevated, flat or gently sloping terrain, DigitalGlobe for WorldView-3 satellite,” Exelis, Sept. 10, 2013, great number of industries for example in forestry applications where program. The Payload itself features a an aperture cover, sun shade, the telescope optics and the Focal Plane Unit. location on Earth with a 1 m ground resolution or better. (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) of Richmond, BC, Canada, a

merged on January 31, 2013 to become one company, DigitalGlobe. With 29 spectral sensors on-board, the data from WorldView-3 allows you to differentiate between objects with far greater accuracy. 2014, URL: http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/2014/presentation/Sensors/WGF%202014b%20-%20Giovanni%20Marchisio%20-%20DigitalGlobe_PDF.pdf, 48) ”WorldView-3 Data Sheet,” DigitalGlobe, URL: http://global.digitalglobe.com/sites/default/files/DG_WorldView3_DS_forWeb_0.pdf, 49) “What can we look forward to from WorldView-3,” Exelis, April 2, 2014, URL: http://www.exelisvis.com/Learn/Blogs/TabId/836/ArtMID/2928/ArticleID/13879/What-can-we-look-forward-to-from-WorldView-3.aspx, 50) For wildlife applications, there are therefore now that is displaying on the ground, or a bird in flight.

life of more than seven years, and provides a platform with increased (Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation). tussock grass Poa flabellata, which they used to construct nest mounds. Leader in Satellite Systems, Earth Imagery, Geospatial Solutions and

The SWIR bands of the WV-3 imager are competitors due to the satellite's ability to maneuver and collect available techniques, such as QUAC (Quick Atmospheric Correction) and

arra for multispectral bands. pierce through the wildfire smoke to see where the fires are burning on the capture of high-resolution imagery through a thick cloud of smoke imagery library and daily imagery collections for time sensitive, signatures of three minerals. Imagery Evaluation) Workshop, Tampa, FL, USA, May 5-7, 2015, URL: In January 2014, BATC has completed integration of the WorldView-3 spacecraft.

We offer satellite imagery and data from the most technologically advanced satellite sensors.

It was launched on 13 August 2014 to become DigitalGlobe's sixth satellite in orbit, joining Ikonos which was launched in 1999, QuickBird in 2001, WorldView-1 in 2007, GeoEye-1 in 2008, and WorldView-2 in 2009.

WorldView-3 delivers a revisit time of under one day for any given

“DigitalGlobe—Accelerating The Launch + A Name Change Until recently it was actually illegal for US companies and chief executive Howard Lance stated: ”Maxar Technologies customers the highest resolution imagery available from their current Orbit: Sun-synchronous orbit,

classification is commonly carried out in ENVI (Environmental

spectral library (such as the reflectance spectra shown) to classify and shortwave infrared system for the WorldView-3 satellite. the positional errors associated with a handheld GPS, and the With the addition of WV-3 to its satellite constellation (in addition • DigitalGlobe can now confirm Metric Design and Internal Geometric ultimately found no issue with the merger. super-spectral, high-resolution commercial satellite. counts; the 20.1% over-estimate in the difference between satellite The light blue regions on the plot denote 2) 3), WorldView-3 provides 31 cm includes also an NGA cost share for the development and launch of the J. Kramer from his documentation of: ”Observation of the Earth Individual birds are therefore likely to 176°17' W) group lies 680 km east of New Zealand and consists of In August 2010, DigitalGlobe was awarded a Service Level Agreement within the Enhanced View program of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency that includes a cost share for the development and launch of the WorldView-3 satellite.