OTD In Space – August 13: WorldView-3 Earth-Observing Satellite Launches Into Orbit
On Aug. 13, 2014, a company called DigitalGlobe launched what was then the sharpest-eyed satellite of all time.
WorldView-3 is a high-resolution imaging satellite that can resolve features as small as 1 foot (31 centimeters) across. Its instruments allow it to peer through fog and smoke to see Earth's surface at a level of detail that was unprecedented for a nongovernmental spacecraft. WorldView-3 lifted off on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and has been orbiting the Earth ever since.
WorldView-3 is a high-resolution imaging satellite that can resolve features as small as 1 foot (31 centimeters) across. Its instruments allow it to peer through fog and smoke to see Earth's surface at a level of detail that was unprecedented for a nongovernmental spacecraft. WorldView-3 lifted off on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and has been orbiting the Earth ever since.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:03In 2014, a company called Digital Globe
00:06launched what was then the sharpest-eyed satellite of all time.
00:09WorldView 3 is a high-resolution imaging satellite
00:12that can resolve features as small as one foot across.
00:15Its instruments allow it to peer through fog and smoke
00:18to see Earth's surface at a level of detail that was unprecedented
00:21for a non-governmental spacecraft.
00:23WorldView 3 lifted off on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket
00:26from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
00:29and has been keeping an eye on Earth ever since.
00:32And that's what happened on this day in space.
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