WorldView-2
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WorldView-2 (WV 2) is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe. WorldView-2 provides commercially available panchromatic imagery of 0.46 m (18 in) resolution, and eight-band multispectral imagery with 1.84 m (72 in) resolution.[4]
Mission type | Earth observation |
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Operator | DigitalGlobe |
COSPAR ID | 2009-055A |
SATCAT no. | 35946 |
Website | DigitalGlobe WorldView-2 |
Mission duration | Planned: 7.25 years Elapsed: 15 years, 6 months, 15 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | BCP-5000[1] |
Manufacturer | Ball Aerospace |
Launch mass | 2,800 kg (6,200 lb) |
Power | 3200 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 8 October 2009, 18:51:01 UTC[2] |
Rocket | Delta II 7920-10C, D-345[2] |
Launch site | Vandenberg SLC-2W[2] |
Contractor | Boeing / United Launch Alliance |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Sun-synchronous |
Perigee altitude | 772 kilometers (480 mi)[3] |
Apogee altitude | 773 kilometers (480 mi)[3] |
Inclination | 98.40 degrees[3] |
Period | 100.16 minutes[3] |
Epoch | 25 January 2015, 04:29:44 UTC[3] |
DigitalGlobe fleet |
It was launched 8 October 2009 to become DigitalGlobe's third satellite in orbit, joining WorldView-1 which was launched in 2007 and QuickBird which was launched in 2001.[5] It takes a new photograph of any place on Earth every 1.1 days.[6]
Design
Ball Aerospace built the spacecraft, which includes an optical telescope that can image objects 18 in (460 mm) in diameter.
Launch
WorldView-2 was launched 8 October 2009 from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a Delta II flying in the 7920 configuration. The launch vehicle was provided by the United Launch Alliance and launch services were administered by Boeing.[7]
History
On 19 July 2016, the Joint Space Operations Center reported a debris causing event of at least 9 observable pieces, after which DigitalGlobe demonstrated the satellite to still be functional by releasing an image of downtown Oakland, California.[8][9]
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