WorldView-2 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Mission Summary

Full Name
WorldView-2
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Maxar, Digital Globe
Launch Date
08 Oct 2009
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2025
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

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Orbit Sense
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International Designator

Mission Instruments

WV-110 - WV-110

Mission Measurements

Featured Datasets

WorldView-2 European Cities
Jan-2010
Coverage has been provided by European Space Imaging. Very High Resolution satellite imagery collected by WorldView-2 was delivered to complete ESA’s Urban Atlas, which provides coverage of European Urban Areas with more than 100,000 inhabitants at 40 cm resolution: 290 of the 305 2010 Urban Atlas Zones are covered, as well as 5 Urban Atlas Zones in Croatia – totalling 537,502 km2. An 8-Band MS + PAN bundle of archive data is available. Access is provided through the ESA TPM scheme. - Read more
WorldView Full Archive and Tasking
Jan-2007
The WorldView series consists of 4 high resolution commercial Earth imaging satellites owned by Maxar and distributed by European Space Imaging (EUSI). The overall objective is to meet the growing commercial demand for highresolution satellite imagery. ESA offers access to worldwide WorldView data (both archived and new acquisitions) via the TPM scheme. - Read more
WorldView ESA Archive
Jan-2007
The WorldView series consists of 4 high resolution commercial Earth imaging satellites owned by Maxar and distributed by European Space Imaging (EUSI). The overall objective is to meet the growing commercial demand for highresolution satellite imagery. The collection is composed by the copy of optical products requested by ESA supported projects over their areas of interest around the world, and access is provided via the TPM scheme. - Read more