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

Lockheed Martin is scheduled to launch the WorldView-4 imaging satellite for DigitalGlobe Friday onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket. WorldView-4 will lift off from the Space Launch Complex 3 East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to a sun-synchronous orbit, where the satellite will begin to capture images of the Earth, Lockheed said Tuesday. The satellite is built to operate in […] 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, CosmiQ Works, NVIDIA and Amazon Web Services have collaborated to develop a web-based repository of satellite imagery and training data that could support the development of machine learning and deep learning algorithms. DigitalGlobe said Thursday the SpaceNet repository provides open access to curated, high-resolution satellite imagery that includes the company’s multi-spectral satellite imagery and 200,000 curated building footprints from Brazil. The imagery […] More

An Australian government-owned company has awarded DigitalGlobe a follow-on contract to provide a geospatial content management platform for a mapping initiative that seeks to host information on more than 15 million buildings across Australia. PSMA Australia will implement DigitalGlobe’s Geospatial Big Data platform to generate geospatial content and location information for PSMA’s Geoscape continent-scale mapping product, DigitalGlobe said Wednesday. Shay Har-Noy, DigitalGlobe platform general manager, said Geoscape […] 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

Lockheed Martin is in the final stage of tests and shipment preparations on DigitalGlobe‘s WorldView-4 Earth imaging satellite to prepare for the Sept. 15 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Lockheed said Wednesday final preparations on WorldView-4 include calculations on weight and center of gravity, major systems health check and image collection and downlinking tests. Carl Marchetto, vice president and general manager of Lockheed’s commercial […] More

DigitalGlobe and Esri have reached an agreement to expand a world imagery map for  Esri customers as part of an effort to help connect users through geographic information systems. The companies aim to provide users of Esri’s ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Data Appliance products access to high-resolution satellite imagery via a multi-year subscription service, DigitalGlobe said Monday. DigitalGlobe […] More

DigitalGlobe has completed the shift of its WorldView-1 imagery satellite to an afternoon orbit from morning in an effort to help customers view changes that take place on Earth in a given day. WorldView-1 concluded its 18-month-long transition and will begin to pass above the planet in the afternoon to capture locations across different time zones, […] More

DigitalGlobe aims to help the Defense Intelligence Agency develop tools for analysis of mission-critical data from multiple sources as part of a potential five-year, $55 million contract DIA awarded last week. DigitalGlobe and its subsidiary GeoEye Analytics Inc. will work to deliver all-source analytic services to the agency, the company said Monday. “I’m excited to extend our partnership with the DIA, building […] More