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  • NASA Taps DigitalGlobe to Provide Satellite Imagery for Earth Observation Studies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps DigitalGlobe to Provide Satellite Imagery for Earth Observation Studies

    Maxar Technologies‘ DigitalGlobe business has received a potential five-year, $7M contract from NASA to provide high-resolution commercial electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar satellite imagery for Earth observation studies. Under the blanket purchase agreement, the space agency will leverage DigitalGlobe’s 100-petabyte imagery library and Geospatial Big Data platform and satellite data from the WorldView constellation, Maxar said Wednesday. […] More

  • Jeffrey Tarr: DigitalGlobe Satellite Launched to Collect High-Res Earth Imagery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeffrey Tarr: DigitalGlobe Satellite Launched to Collect High-Res Earth Imagery

    A DigitalGlobe commercial Earth-observing satellite was sent into space Wednesday aboard an Atlas V rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. WorldView-3 is built to capture images at a multispectral resolution of 0.31 meters and has multiple shortwave infrared bands that will work to spot objects in the presence of fog, smoke, dust and […] More

  • Ball Aerospace, DigitalGlobe, Exelis, Lockheed Prep WorldView-3 Satellite for Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace, DigitalGlobe, Exelis, Lockheed Prep WorldView-3 Satellite for Launch

    A commercial launch services team of Ball Aerospace & Technologies, DigitalGlobe, Exelis and Lockheed Martin has completed payload fairing assembly work on the WorldView-3 remote sensing satellite ahead of its scheduled launch next week. Ball said Tuesday the DigitalGlobe Earth observation satellite will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base via the Atlas V launch vehicle to provide high-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial data for […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Remote-Sensing Satellite for DigitalGlobe On-Track for August Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace Remote-Sensing Satellite for DigitalGlobe On-Track for August Launch

    The remote sensing satellite built by Ball Aerospace for DigitalGlobe has cleared a series of environmental testing, taking it a step closer to a possible launch in mid-August. The WorldView-3 satellite completed thermal vacuum, acoustin, vibration and pyro-separation testing, Ball Aerospace announced Tuesday. The satellite will also undergo electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility tests on […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Completes Testing on DigitalGlobe Satellite; Cary Ludtke Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace Completes Testing on DigitalGlobe Satellite; Cary Ludtke Comments

    Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has performed internal environment assessments on a remote-sensing satellite the company developed for DigitalGlobe and designed to collect Earth imagery. DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 spacecraft features a Ball Aerospace technology that is built to monitor atmospheric conditions and photograph objects through haze, soot and dust, DigitalGlobe said Tuesday. Cary Ludtke, Ball Aerospace […] More