Worldview II Launched October 8, 2009 Altitude: 770 km Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Altitude: 770 km Swath width: 16.4 km at nadir Radiometric resolution: 11-bit per pixel Max viewing angle nominally +/- 45° off-nadir (higher angles available) Orbit: Sun-synchronous 10:30 am descending node, 100 minute period Time-frame: 1.1 days at 1 m 3.7 days at 20° off-nadir
Sensor Panchromatic Multispectral: 46 cm at nadir 52 cm at 20° off-nadir Multispectral: 4 standard colors: blue, green, red, near-IR1 4 new colors: coastal blue, yellow, red edge, near-IR2 1.84 m at nadir 2.08 m at 20° off-nadir Imagery resampled to 50 cm and 2 m resolutions for non-government users
Mission life: 7.25 years No issues so far; equipped with: Control moment gyroscope, and selectable Time Delay Integration (TDI) levels A wide variety of images available for free Actual cost of imagery not listed on site Official website: http://www.digitalglobe.com/index.php/88/WorldView-2 Usage in 3 main areas of remote sensing: Vegetative analysis Feature extraction Bathymetry
Sydney Opera house, Australia; captured October 20, 2009 (12 days after launch)
Mudslide in Zhugqu, China; captured August 10, 2010