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A high-resolution imaging satellite that launched in September from Vandenberg Air Force Base has delivered extremely detailed first pictures, according to DigitalGlobe, the spacecraft's owner-operator.
The firm released images from the WorldView-1 satellite, showing skyscrapers in Houston, Texas; the port of Yokohama, Japan; and an area around a traffic circle in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while announcing that WorldView-1 has reached full operating capability for all customers.
DigitalGlobe's images are used by assorted customers in various consumer and professional markets, including oil and gas, telecommunications, utilities, mining and other natural resource development industries; personal navigation, mobile devices, automotive and online mapping, and Web portals.

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 DigitalGlobe WorldView-1 has completed its commissioning to NGA
This out of Longmont (just down the road from yours truly)... WorldView-1 has completed its commissioning, meets all of its requirements, and is delivering imagery to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) as part of the NextView program. Full Operating Capability (FOC) with NGA began on November 17th. Following a controlled roll-out with NGA, DigitalGlobe will begin taking orders for WorldView-1 imagery from its global resellers, partners and customers on January 3, 2008.

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1 32060U 07041A   07265.58208384  .00000350  00000-0  17437-4 0   255
2 32060 097.4972 334.8820 0001079 151.3462 344.1103 15.23965574   573



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Longmont-based DigitalGlobe has successfully launched its newest imagery satellite, WorldView-1, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Ball Aerospace is already building another satellite, WorldView-2, for DigitalGlobe, to be completed in late 2008. WorldView-2 will be DigitalGlobe's third satellite in its constellation, producing colour images and eventually replacing its first satellite, QuickBird, which is expected to reach the end of its life in three to four years.

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WorldView-1 Specifications:
WorldView-1 features a  high-capacity, panchromatic imaging system with  50 cm resolution imagery. Operating at an altitude of 496 kilometres, WorldView-1 will have an average revisit time of 1.7 days and will be capable of collecting up to 750,000 square kilometres  per day of half-meter imagery.

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Delta II and WV-1 on Launch Pad 1

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Delta II and WV-1 on Launch Pad 2

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Delta II and WV-1 on Launch Pad 3


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The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. WorldView-1 satellite built for DigitalGlobe(R) launched today from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. at 11:35 a.m. PDT, aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket.
The launch of the WorldView-1 satellite is poised to make a major contribution towards the advancement of the commercial remote-sensing industry by providing higher collection capabilities, more frequent revisit time, and greater imaging flexibility.

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T+plus 73 minutes, 28 seconds.

WorldView 1  Separation!

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