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    DigitalGlobe, Australia Sign Agreement for Commercial Satellite Imagery Access

    DigitalGlobe has entered into a multiyear agreement with Australia’s defense department to provide the Australian government access to the company’s commercial satellite imaging constellation. The department can task and download imagery from five DigitalGlobe satellites that include WorldView-3 and WorldView-4 to a ground station under the Direct Access Program contract, the company said Tuesday. DigitalGlobe expects to generate $83 […] More

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    DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 Earth Imaging Satellite Ready for Friday Liftoff

    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

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    Orbit Logic to Update Planning Software for DigitalGlobe WorldView Direct Access Program

    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

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    DigitalGlobe Adds 2 Potential Int’l Defense Customers for WorldView-4 Satellite Capacity

    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

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    DigitalGlobe Gets Int’l Defense Agency Letter of Intent for WorldView-4 Access; Jeffrey Tarr Comments

    DigitalGlobe has entered into a tentative agreement to provide an unidentified international defense and intelligence agency with direct access to a commercial Earth observation satellite with the receipt of a letter of intent. The company said Wednesday the agreement will cover access to high-resolution Earth imagery from DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 satellite for a period of three […] More

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    DigitalGlobe, Auracle Form Global Info Partnership for Mineral Exploration

    DigitalGlobe and Auracle Geospatial Science have forged a global information partnership to provide geospatial services to support mineral, oil and gas exploration activities. Drew Esson, director of DigitalGlobe’s information partner program, said in a statement released Thursday the partnership will merge Auracle’s mining analytics tools and DigitalGlobe’s satellite spectral services. David McLelland, Auracle Remote Sensing’s president, […] More

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    DigitalGlobe Agrees to Extend WorldView-3 Access for Int’l Defense Customer

    DigitalGlobe has signed a definitive agreement with an international defense and intelligence organization to provide the customer agency with direct access capacity on a commercial Earth observation satellite. The contract will extend the agency’s access to high-resolution images from DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite for an additional four years, the company said Wednesday. WorldView-3 launched in August 2014 […] More

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    DigitalGlobe, Exploration Mapping Partner on Natural Resource Imagery; Dan Taranik Comments

    DigitalGlobe and Exploration Mapping Group have forged a global information partnership in an effort to deliver imagery products to natural resources customers. Exploration Mapping plans to use DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite to identify geological features and mineral signatures as well as locate petroleum sources, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. “Our customers will benefit from our new specialized suite of […] More

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    Jeffrey Tarr: DigitalGlobe Continues Work on Satellite Imaging Amid Growing Market

    DigitalGlobe CEO Jeffrey Tarr told potential investors at a recent event that the company continues to eye a competitive edge in the growing satellite imaging market, SpaceNews reported Thursday. Peter de Selding writes that Tarr highlighted the demand for high-resolution imagery and geolocation capability as well as DigitalGlobe’s potential partnership with other imaging providers. Tarr also […] More

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    DigitalGlobe Releases WorldView-3 Imagery Product Samples

    DigitalGlobe has unveiled several images that were captured by the firm’s new WorldView satellite with a 30-centimeter-resolution camera technology. The company released WorldView-3 imagery samples to demonstrate how visual information from the commercial satellite can help urban planners, transportation agencies and insurance companies, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. One satellite photo shows an airport in Madrid and […] More

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    Exelis Imaging System Captures California Forest Fire; Rob Mitrevski Comments

    DigitalGlobe has released a new series images taken by its WorldView-3 satellite with the Exelis‘ shortwave infrared imager, which works to capture images through atmospheric conditions such as smoke. Exelis said Wednesday that the imaging system — which contains the SWIR, a telescope and sensors – captured the image of a forest fire at the Klamath National Forest in California through thick smoke. “SWIR can remove some […] More

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    DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 Achieves Initial Operational Capability; Jeff Tarr Comments

    DigitalGlobe has reached the initial operational capability status for its WorldView-3 imagery satellite after the company completed the focusing stage of the spacecraft. The company on Tuesday released sample images of several areas in Madrid, Spain to show several usage cases for DigitalGlobe customers. “We are delighted that even in the early stages of calibration and commissioning WorldView-3 is revealing new […] More