DigitalGlobe Completes Testing and Calibration of WorldView-4 and Begins Serving the Satellite’s First Direct Access Customer
WorldView-4 completed its testing and calibration phase and began serving its first direct access customer on February 1st 2017.
WESTMINSTER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 3, 2017– DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced that the WorldView-4 satellite successfully completed in-orbit testing and calibration and began serving its first direct access customer on Feb. 1. Additional direct access customers will be added to WorldView-4 service throughout 2017.
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WorldView-4, launched on November 11, 2016, becomes the fifth active satellite in DigitalGlobe’s constellation. Its performance meets the industry-leading quality standards of the WorldView fleet, and it joins WorldView-3 as the world’s only commercial satellites capable of achieving 30 cm native resolution. Imagery with this level of detail enables users to reliably read street markings, distinguish between cars, trucks, and vans, and confidently understand activities of significance, as demonstrated by a recent SkyTruth analysis that used WorldView-3 imagery to document the likely transshipment of fish by Southeast Asian vessels in the Indian Ocean.
WorldView-4 tasking and archive orders are expected to be made available to all DigitalGlobe customers in the second half of 2017. The satellite more than doubles DigitalGlobe’s capacity to collect 30 cm imagery, enhancing the company’s ability to meet the most demanding commercial use cases, such as complementing aerial imagery collection strategies, and enabling the creation of high-quality, imagery-derived products, such as high-resolution 3D models and near-seamless, country-scale basemaps.
“Meeting our commitment to delivering WorldView-4 access on time for our customers is a tremendous achievement,” said Tim Hascall, DigitalGlobe EVP and Chief Operations Officer. “We look forward to making WorldView-4’s capabilities available to all of our customers, helping them to make critical decisions with confidence for many years to come.”
To learn more and download the latest image samples, visit the WorldView-4 microsite.
About DigitalGlobe
DigitalGlobe is a leading provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions that help decision makers better understand our changing planet in order to save lives, resources and time. Sourced from the world’s leading constellation, our imagery solutions deliver unmatched coverage and capacity to meet our customers’ most demanding mission requirements. Each day customers in defense and intelligence, public safety, civil agencies, map making and analysis, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration, infrastructure management, navigation technology, and providers of location-based services depend on DigitalGlobe data, information, technology and expertise to gain actionable insight.
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