WorldView-1
offers panchromatic imagery at 50cm resolution,
With unprecedented accuracy giving
map ready imagery – 1:12,000
US scale or better – right off
the satellite, while exceptional agility
means acquistion of multiple targets
on each pass and faster collection,
up to 750,000 km2/day. Combined
with QuickBird and WorldView-2 (to
be launched in 2009) it will be part
of a constellation offering very high
revisit and large area collection capacity
Operating at an altitude of 496 kilometers,
WorldView-1 has an average revisit time
of 1.7 days. The satellite is also equipped
with state-of-the-art geolocation accuracy
capabilities and exhibits stunning agility
with rapid targeting and efficient in-track
stereo collection.
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