NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

WorldView-3

Launch Time
Wed Aug 13, 2014 18:30 UTC

Rocket

Atlas V 401
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Active
Price: $109.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 3,826 kN
Payload to LEO: 9,797 kg
Payload to GTO: 4,750 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 58.3 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.8 m
Details

Mission Details

WorldView-3

WorldView-3 is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe. 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 provides commercially available panchromatic imagery of 0.31 m (12 in) resolution, eight-band multispectral imagery with 1.24 m (4 ft 1 in) resolution, shortwave infrared imagery at 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) resolution, and CAVIS (Clouds, Aerosols, Vapors, Ice, and Snow) data at 30 m (98 ft) resolution.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,800.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Location

SLC-3E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2014

49th orbital launch attempt

United Launch Alliance

87th mission
10th mission of 2014
86th successful mission
82nd consecutive successful mission

Atlas V

48th mission
6th mission of 2014
47th successful mission
38th consecutive successful mission