SAT E L L I T E S P E C I F I CAT I O N S
Feature WorldView-1 GeoEye-1 WorldView-2 WorldView-3 WorldView Legion
Operational altitude 496 km 681 km 770 km 617 km 518 km
Spectral characteristics Pan Pan + 4 MS Pan + 8 MS
Pan + 8 MS
+ 8 SWIR
Pan + 8 MS
Panchromatic resolution
(nadir)
50 cm 41 cm 46 cm 31 cm 30 cm-class
Multispectral resolution
(nadir)
N/A 1.64 m 1.85 m 1.24 m 1.36 m
Accuracy specification
(nadir)
5.0 m CE90 5.0 m CE90 5.0 m CE90 5.0 m CE90 < 5.0 m CE90
RMSE (Nadir) 2.3 m 2.3 m 2.3 m 2.3 m 1.5 m
Swath width 17.7 km 15.3 km 16.4 km 13.2 km 10.0 km
Monoscopic
area coverage
(30˚ off-nadir)
111 km x 112 km
(6 Strips)
45 km x 112 km
(3 Strips)
138 km x 112 km
(8 Strips)
69 km x 112 km
(5 Strips)
27 km x 112 km
(3 Strips)
Single-pass
stereoscopic coverage
(30˚ off-nadir)
51 km x 112 km
(3 Pairs)
15 km x 112 km
(1 Pair)
63 km x 112 km
(4 Pairs)
28 km x 112 km
(2 Pairs)
9 km x 112 km
(1 Pair)
Weight class 2500 kg (5500 lbs.) 1955 kg (4,310 lbs.) 2800 kg (6200 lbs.) 2800 kg (6200 lbs.) 630 kg (1400 lbs.)
Attitude control
actuators
Control Moment Gyros Reaction Wheels Control Moment Gyros Control Moment Gyros Reaction Wheels
Onboard storage 2199 Gbits 1000 Gbits 2199 Gbits 2199 Gbits 16 Tbits
Wideband data
downlink rate
800 Mbps total 740 Mbps total 800 Mbps total 800 or 1200 Mbps total 600 Mbps total
Rapid delivery options
Direct Downlink,
Virtual Ground
Terminal
Direct Downlink,
Virtual Ground
Terminal
Direct Downlink,
Virtual Ground
Terminal
Direct Downlink,
Virtual Ground
Terminal
Direct Downlink,
Virtual Ground
Terminal
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