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Dan Jablonsky, president and CEO of Maxar Technologies, told SpaceNews in an interview published Wednesday the company's move to adopt a unified operating model as part of a reorganization effort seeks to achieve cost savings and accelerate service delivery.
Maxar Technologies‘ DigitalGlobe has incorporated imagery from the WorldView-4 Earth observation satellite into a cloud-based technology designed to help customers access geospatial intelligence. DigitalGlobe said Sunday its WorldView-4 imagery collections will more than double the daily volume of 30-centimeter imagery stored in the SecureWatch platform and help analysts monitor activity in multiple areas of interest. MDA, also a Maxar unit, plans to integrate […] More
DigitalGlobe has entered into a multiyear agreement with Australia’s defense department to provide the Australian government access to the company’s commercial satellite imaging constellation. The department can task and download imagery from five DigitalGlobe satellites that include WorldView-3 and WorldView-4 to a ground station under the Direct Access Program contract, the company said Tuesday. DigitalGlobe expects to generate $83 […] More
DigitalGlobe has unveiled the first public image from the Lockheed Martin-built WorldView-4 satellite that carries a Harris-made imaging payload. The image was taken on Nov. 26 and features the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo which will host Olympic events in 2020, DigitalGlobe said Friday. Lockheed’s commercial launch services segment provided a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to […] More
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has developed a CubeSat designed to collect the Earth's radiation imbalance measurements for use in climate change predictions. Johns Hopkins APL's Radiometer Assessment using Vertically Aligned Nanotubes CubeSat is one of the seven small-satellite payloads that took off on Nov. 11 aboard the United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket, APL […] More
DigitalGlobe received initial signals from Lockheed Martin-built WorldView-4 satellite 45 minutes after it launched Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. WorldView-4 with a Harris Corp.-made imaging payload took off aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket to join DigitalGlobe's satellite constellation, Lockheed said Friday. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed's space systems business, said the WorldView-4 […] More
United Launch Alliance has set a Nov. 11 launch date to lift DigitalGlobe‘s WorldView-4 satellite into space on-board a ULA Atlas V rocket on Nov. 11 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. ULA said Wednesday its team is working to address Atlas V booster issues discovered during final launch preparations. Lockheed Martin‘s space systems business built WorldView-4, which will work to […] More
United Launch Alliance has updated the estimated launch date of a DigitalGlobe commercial imaging satellite due to the availability of Vandenberg Air Force Base’s western range. ULA said Sunday the Lockheed Martin-built WorldView-4 satellite will launch to space no earlier than Sept. 26. The satellite and the ULA Atlas V rocket that will carry it are currently housed in the mobile service tower at Vandenberg […] More
Orbit Logic has updated its Direct Access Facility Collection Planning Systems software that works to help DigitalGlobe‘s international Direct Access Program partners task and receive imagery from WorldView satellites. The DAF CPS platform has been updated to cover WorldView-4 satellite that is scheduled to launch this month as well as the existing GeoEye-1, WorldView-1, WorldView-2 and WorldView-3, Orbit Logic said Wednesday. Orbit Logic has provided collection planning […] More
Lockheed Martin has completed the encapsulation of DigitalGlobe's WorldView-4 Earth imaging satellite into a launch vehicle fairing platform. WorldView-4 is scheduled to take off Sept. 16 onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket, Lockheed said Thursday. Lockheed will now transport the satellite to the Space Launch Complex 3 East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for integration with the […] More
DigitalGlobe has entered into separate letters of intent with two international defense and intelligence agencies to provide the organizations access to imagery from the company’s WorldView-4 satellite. One agency is slated to become the company’s 12th Direct Access Program client under a multi-year commitment to task and receive imagery from all WorldView satellites, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. The company noted the second agency expressed interest for WorldView-4 […] More
DigitalGlobe has announced plans to launch seven miniaturized satellites onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket as part of the rideshare program for the WorldView-4 mission. Seven National Reconnaissance Office-sponsored CubeSats will fly onboard the Boeing““Lockheed Martin joint venture's rocket that is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in mid-September to bring […] More
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