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WorldView-2 satellite
WorldView-2 satellite, launched on 8 January 2009, is a part of the DigitalGlobe’s satellite constellation. It operates at an altitude of 770 km, providing 46 cm panchromatic resolution and 1,85 multispectral resolution. DigitalGlobe is the main developer and owner of WorldView-2.
WorldView-2 satellite images
- Boca-Raton, Florida, USA, April 2014. WorldView-2 satellite ©DigitalGlobe
- Kyaukpyu, Myanmar, October 2014. WorldVies-2 satellite ©DigitalGlobe
- Mekkah, Saudi Arabia, 31 July 2014. WorldView-2 satellite ©DigitalGlobe
- Mauritius, 2020.07.16, Satellite image WorldView-2 ©DigitalGlobe
- International airport Islands Mauritius 2020.07.16 Satellite image WorldView-2 ©DigitalGlobe
Spacecraft design and mission details
Specifications WorldView-2 satellite
Collection scenarios:
- Long strip: 360 × 16,4 km
- Large Area Collect: 112 × 138 km
- Multiple Point Targets: 16,4 × 16,4 km
- Stereo Area Collect: 112 × 63 km
Products
Main application of the WorldView-2 satellite imagery:
- Creation and update of topographic maps and plans of scales up to 1:5000;
- Creation of DTMs;
- Engineering survey for construction works of oil and gas facilities;
- Inventory of forests and forest management;
- Monitoring of the crops’ state, yield forecasting;
- Creation of maps for urban planning purposes;
- Emergency monitoring;
- Researches.
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