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WorldView-3
Commercial Earth observation satellite launched in 2014. WorldView-3 was launched on August 13, 2014 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2014-048ANORAD 40115United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- WorldView-3
- International designator
- 2014-048A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40115
- GCAT identifier
- S40115
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/745
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- DGLO
- Owner
- DigitalGlobe
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Ball Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- BCP-5000
Launch
- Date
- August 13, 2014 · 18:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-048Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC3E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 612 km
- Apogee
- 614 km
- Inclination
- 97.99°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,615 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,200 kg
- Length
- 4.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 7.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q17505921 (CC0).