2026-244Latest orbital launch: Falcon 9 · Starlink Group 15-16 · Oct 27, 2026 · VandenbergLaunch record →
sci-techmaventhe history of spaceflight, in data
  1. Home
  2. Spacecraft
  3. WorldView-4
// optical imaging · 2016

WorldView-4

Former American Earth observation satellite. WorldView-4 was launched on November 11, 2016 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Nov 30, 2021).

COSPAR 2016-067ANORAD 41848United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
WorldView-4
International designator
2016-067A
NORAD catalog number
41848
GCAT identifier
S41848
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/802

Mission

Mission type
Optical imaging
Use
Commercial
Program
DGLO
Owner
DigitalGlobe
Country
United States
Builder
Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Sunnyvale)
Platform (bus)
LM-900

Launch

Date
November 11, 2016 · 18:30 UTC
Launch record
2016-067Success
Spaceport
Vandenberg · pad SLC3E

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/S
Perigee
610 km
Apogee
613 km
Inclination
97.97°
Status
Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date
November 30, 2021
Last known active
Jan 6, 2019
End of operations
Jan 6, 2019

Size

Mass
2,087 kg
Dry mass
2,000 kg
Length
5.3 m
Diameter
2.50 m
Span
7.9 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q870032 (CC0).