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WorldView-3 is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe that was launched in 2014. It provides high resolution panchromatic and multispectral imagery to map the Earth's surface. Satellite images from WorldView-3 have been used to discover a potential Viking settlement in Newfoundland and to count African elephant populations by analyzing imagery without ground surveys.

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WorldView-3 Eng

WorldView-3 is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe that was launched in 2014. It provides high resolution panchromatic and multispectral imagery to map the Earth's surface. Satellite images from WorldView-3 have been used to discover a potential Viking settlement in Newfoundland and to count African elephant populations by analyzing imagery without ground surveys.

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WorldView-3

WorldView-3
Mission type Earth observation
Operator DigitalGlobe
COSPAR ID 2014-048A (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2014-048A)
SATCAT no. 40115
Website http://worldview3.digitalglobe.com
Mission duration Planned: 7.25 years
Elapsed: 8 years, 7 months, 25 days

Spacecraft properties
Bus BCP-5000[1]
Manufacturer Ball Aerospace
Launch mass 2,800 kg (6,200 lb)
Power 3100 watts

Start of mission
Launch date 13 August 2014, 18:30:30 UTC[2]
Rocket Atlas V 401, AV-047[2]
Launch site Vandenberg SLC-3E[2]
Contractor Lockheed Martin / United Launch Alliance

Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Sun-synchronous
Perigee altitude 619 kilometers (385 mi)[3]
Apogee altitude 622 kilometers (386 mi)[3]
Inclination 97.97 degrees[3]
Period 96.98 minutes[3]
Epoch 25 January 2015, 05:15:06 UTC[3]
DigitalGlobe fleet

WorldView-3 (WV 3) is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe. It was launched
on 13 August 2014 to become DigitalGlobe's sixth satellite in orbit, joining Ikonos which was launched in
1999, QuickBird in 2001, WorldView-1 in 2007, GeoEye-1 in 2008, and WorldView-2 in 2009. WorldView-
3 provides commercially available panchromatic imagery of 0.31 m (12 in) resolution, eight-band
multispectral imagery with 1.24 m (4 ft 1 in) resolution, shortwave infrared imagery at 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
resolution, and CAVIS (Clouds, Aerosols, Vapors, Ice, and Snow) data at 30 m (98 ft) resolution.[4]

Launch
WorldView-3 was launched on 13 August 2014 from Vandenberg Air Force Base on an Atlas V flying in
the 401 configuration. The launch vehicle was provided by United Launch Alliance and launch services
were administered by Lockheed Martin.

Notable uses
Satellite images from WorldView-3 were used in 2015 by an international team of archaeologists to discover
what they believe to be a Viking settlement on Point Rosee, Newfoundland.[5]

From 2020, Scientists are using WorldView-3 to count and detect wildlife species, including African
elephants. They used satellite imagery that required no ground presence to monitor the elephants. The team
created a training dataset of 1,000 elephants and fed it to the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and
compared the results to human performance.[6]

On 7 October 2022 the satellite took an on orbit image of Landsat 8.[7]

See also
Spaceflight portal

2014 in spaceflight

References
1. "WorldView 2, 3 (WV 2, 3)" (http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/worldview-2.htm). Gunter's
Space Page. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
2. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log" (http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt).
Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
3. "WORLDVIEW-3 (WV-3) Satellite details 2014-048A NORAD 40115" (http://www.n2yo.com/
satellite/?s=40115). N2YO. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
4. "WorldView-3 (WV-3)" (https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/v-w-x-y-
z/worldview-3). eoPortal. European Space Agency. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. Blumenthal, Ralph (March 31, 2016). "View From Space Hints at a New Viking Site in North
America" (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/science/vikings-archaeology-north-america-
newfoundland.html). The New York Times.
6. "Explained: How scientists are counting elephants from space" (https://web.archive.org/web/
20210130013012/https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/in-depth/explained-how-scientists-are-c
ounting-elephants-from-space/ar-BB1cZkjV?ocid=entnewsntp). www.msn.com. Archived
from the original (https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/in-depth/explained-how-scientists-are-co
unting-elephants-from-space/ar-BB1cZkjV?ocid=entnewsntp) on January 30, 2021.
Retrieved 2021-01-23.
7. Parken, Oliver; Rogoway, Tyler (6 April 2023). "Check Out These Images Of A Satellite In
Orbit Taken By Another Satellite" (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/check-out-these-i
mages-of-a-satellite-in-orbit-taken-by-another-satellite). The Drive. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

External links
WorldView-3 (http://worldview3.digitalglobe.com/) at DigitalGlobe.com

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WorldView-3&oldid=1148794034"

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