WorldView 1

 2007-041A

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DigitalGlobe (Longmont, Colorado) new generation WV-1 0.5-meter-resolution satellite adding to QuickBird. Built by Ball Aerospace with ITT payload for NGA NextView program and launched by Delta II from Vandenberg. BCP-5000 bus. 

Box + 2 panels 3.6 x 2.5m with 7.1m span. Launch mass 2500 kg.

Orbit 496 x 496 km x 97.2. In June 2014 the FCC granted approval for the satellite to shift from a 1030 LTDN SSO to a 1330 LTDN SSO.

WorldView-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2007 Sep 18	1835:00	Launch by Delta 7920-10	V SLC2W
		T+1:04 SRM 1-6 out
		T+1:05 SRM 7-9 on
		T+1:26 SRM 1-6 sep
		T+2:11 SRM 7-9 sep
		T+4:23 MECO
		T+4:31 Stage 1 sep
		T+4:37 SEIG-1
		T+4:43 Fairing sep
	1845:28	T+10:28 SECO-1	183 x 515 x 97.42
	1929:10	T+54:10 SEIG-2
	1929:22	T+54:22 SECO-2
		T+1:12:05 Spinup
	1948:20	T+1:13:20 Delta stage 2 sep	493 x 505 x 97.5
2007 Sep 24			94.49 493 x 494 x 97.5
2007 Oct 11			94.50 492 x 495 x 97.5

Payload:

• WorldView-60 Pan camera, 0.60m aperture, 0.50m resolution, 17.6 km swath; 0.45-0.90 mu.