WorldView-1 Reaches Full Operational Capability27/11/2007 |
| WorldView-1 is now fully commissed, meets all 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. |
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Following a controlled roll-out with NGA, DigitalGlobe will begin taking orders for WorldView-1 imagery from its global resellers, partners and customers on 3rd January 2008. The satellite was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on 18th September and delivered its first sample set of high-resolution images on 15th October.
WorldView-1 is part of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) NextView program, and was partially financed through an agreement with the NGA. The majority of the imagery captured by WorldView-1 for the NGA will also be available for distribution through DigitalGlobe's ImageLibrary. Additionally, WorldView-1 frees capacity on DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite to meet the growing commercial demand for multi-spectral geospatial imagery. Read more about: imagerySupplier: 0 More news from this supplier: DigitalGlobe Content Partnership with Microsoft 3D Digital Model for Coverage of Olympic Games DigitalGlobe Launches ImageConnect DigitalGlobe Appointments DigitalGlobe Releases CitySphere 2.0 DigitalGlobe Expands Imagery Solutions for Oil and Gas Industry DigitalGlobe Joins Autodesk Data Initiative DigitalGlobe and Boeing Worldview-1 Imagery General Available DigitalGlobe Unveils First Worldview-1 Images New Speed Profiles in Navigation High-Resolution Satellite Imagery on TV ArcGIS Supports SQL Server 2008 Sokkia Topcon Updates Agreement for South Korea Maps NASA Satellites Capture Images of Southern California Wildfires Value of Satellites for Conserving Wetlands OGC Reference Model The House that Maps Built Mining Title Cadastre and Registry for Mongolia 
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