Launched on October 6, 2009, WorldView-2 is the most technologically advanced high resolution satellite ever put into operation. Offering an unparalleled eight bands of 1.84-meter multispectral data plus a 0.46-meter panchromatic band, WorldView-2 will expand the possibilities of remotely sensed data for vegetative studies; bathymetric research; supervised and unsupervised classifications; and all other high-end spectral analysis techniques. WorldView-2 not only offers increased spectral information, it also has industry leading accuracy, agility and data storage capacity truly putting this satellite into a class of its own.
| Key WorldView-2 Specifications | |
| Spectral Bands: | 8-band multispectral (standard blue, green, red and near-infrared bands; plus red edge, coastal, yellow and near-IR2) & panchromatic (black and white) |
| Resolution: | Collected at 0.46-m panchromatic & 1.84-m multispectral; sold at 0.5-m panchromatic & 2.0-m multispectral due to US government regulations |
| Revisit Time: | ~ 1.1 days (depends on latitude) |
| Positional Accuracy: | 12.2-m CE90%, with a predicted performance in the range of 4.6 to 10.7-m CE90% (does not account for topographic distortions) |
| Swath Width: | 16.4-km at nadir |
| Archive Dates: | Starting in mid-October 2009 |
| Stereo Availability: | Archive (as available) and as new collections |
| Orbital Altitude: | 770-km |
WorldView-2 satellite imagery is offered from a growing archive as well as a new collection. All WorldView-2 imagery products can be orthorectified for projects requiring higher positional accuracy data.
