DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 Declared Fully Operational

By Space News Staff

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WorldView-2 commercial imaging satellite. Credit: Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp. photo Enlarge Image

Longmont, Colo.-based DigitalGlobe said Jan. 4 that its newest high-resolution satellite, WorldView-2, has achieved full operational capability and that its imagery is now commercially available.

WorldView-2 was launched Oct. 8, 2009, aboard a Delta 2 rocket, joining DigitalGlobe’s existing submeter-resolution satellites QuickBird and WorldView-1.

DigitalGlobe told investors in November that the commissioning of WorldView-2 would double the company’s collection capacity to more than 500 million square kilometers per year.