WorldView-3 is the first multi-payload, super-spectral high-resolution commercial satellite.
The WorldView-3 was launched on August 13, 2014 from Vandenberg Air Force Base (USA), California. Operator - DigitalGlobe (USA).
Operating at an altitude of 617 km, WorldView-3 provides panchromatic imaging with a 31 cm resolution, multispectral imaging with 1.24 m resolution, short-wave infrared imaging with 3.7 m resolution and imaging in 30 m CAVIS resolution.
The satellite has an average revisit time of less than 1 day, and is capable of collecting up to 680,000 km² per day.
Technical Characteristics
| Modes: | PAN | VNIR | SWIR | CAVIS |
| Spectral Range (µm): | 0,45–0,80 | 0.40–0.45 (violet or coastal) 0.45–0.51 (blue) 0.51–0.58 (green) 0,585–0.625 (yellow) 0.63–0.69 (red) 0.705–0.745 (red-edge) 0.77–0.895 (near IR-1) 0.86–1.04 (near IR-2) |
1.195–1.225 (SWIR-1) 1.550–1.590 (SWIR-2) 1.640–1.680 (SWIR-3) 1.710–1.750 (SWIR-4) 2.145–2.185 (SWIR-5) 2.185–2.225 (SWIR-6) 2.235–2.285 (SWIR-7) 2.295–2.365 (SWIR-8) |
0,405–0,420 (Desert Clouds) 0,459–0,509 (Aerosol-1) 0,525–0,585 (Green) 0,635–0,685 (Aerosol-2) 0,845–0,885 (Water-1) 0,897–0,927 (Water-2) 0,930–0,965 (Water-3) 1,220–1,252 (NDVI-SWIR) 1,365–1,405 (Cirrus) 1,620–1,680 (Snow) 2,105–2,245 (Aerosol-3) 2,105–2,245 (Aerosol-3) |
| Spatial resolution, m: (at nadir/20° to nadir) |
0,31/0,34 | 1,24/1,38 | 3,70/4,10 | 30 |
| Radiometric Resolution: | 11 bits / pixel | 14 bits / pixel | 11 bits / pixel | |
| Swath Width: | At nadir: 13.1 km | |||
| Revisit time (40° N): | 1 m GSD: < 1.0 days 4.5 days at off-nadir 20° or less |
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| Acquire Stereo-Pair: |
Yes, from one pass | |||