WorldView-3 was launched on August 13, 2014 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Worldview-3 offers unsurpassed accuracy, agility, capacity and spectral diversity.
This satellite is similar to WorldView-2, however positioned in a lower orbit at 617km altitude. WorldView-3 was the first multi-payload, super-spectral, high-resolution commercial satellite featuring 16 multispectral bands, and the ability to capture imagery at 31cm resolution. Watch the launch here.
With the additional spectral bands (including CAVIS bands), WorldView-3 offers sixteen multispectral bands, providing unique opportunities for remote sensing analysis of vegetation, mapping, geology in oil & gas, bathymetry, disaster preparedness and response planning, land classification and many more applications.
Features and Benefits
- Available as a 3 band, 4 band, 8 band or 16 band product.
- Ability to capture imagery at 31cm resolution.
- Precision geo-location possible without ground control points.
- Superior haze penetration.
- Bi-directional scanning.
- Has a swath width of 13.1 km at nadir.
Technical Specifications
Specification | Details |
Orbit | Sun-synchronous |
Altitude | 617km |
Mission Lifetime | 7.25 years |
Spatial Resolution | Panchromatic 31 cm at nadir (GSD)* Multispectral 1.24 m at nadir (GSD)* *Ground Sample Distance |
Accuracy | < 3.5 m CE90 |
Spectral Bands | Panchromatic band (31 cm resolution) Pan: 450-800 nm Multispectral bands (1.24 m resolution) Coastal: 400-450 nm Blue: 450-510 nm Green:510-580 nm Yellow: 585-625 nm Red: 630-690 nm Red Edge: 705-745 nm Near Infrared 1: 770-895 nm Near Infrared 2: 860-1040 nm SWIR bands (3.7 m resolution) SWIR-1: 1195-1225 nm SWIR-2: 1550-1590 nm SWIR-3: 1640-1680 nm SWIR-4: 1710-1750 nm SWIR-5: 2145-2185 nm SWIR-6: 2185-2225 nm SWIR-7: 2235-2285 nm SWIR-8: 2295-2365 nm |
Stereo Available | Yes |
Largest Scale | 1:1000 |
Dynamic Range | 11 bit |
Coverage: | Up to 680,000km² per day |