DigitalGlobe Unveils First Worldview-1 Images

DigitalGlobe (CO, USA) has revealed the first images from WorldView-1, which was successfully launched on September 18 from Vandenberg Air Force Base and has been undergoing a routine calibration and check-out period.

DigitalGlobe expects WorldView-1 to be fully operational and delivering imagery products by the end of the year if not sooner. DigitalGlobe is the only company operating a constellation of sub-metre commercial imaging satellites and in late 2008, will complete WorldView-2 which will provide eight bands of multi-spectral data for life-like true colour imagery.

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