Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
WorldView-2
WorldView-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.
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. It takes a new photograph of any place on Earth every 1.1 days.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,800.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
2009
58th orbital launch attempt
United Launch Alliance
33rd mission
12th mission of 2009
32nd successful mission
28th consecutive successful mission
Delta II
146th mission
7th mission of 2009
144th successful mission
91st consecutive successful mission