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News Archive / Tagged: DigitalGlobe

  • WorldView-4 set to launch after months long delay

    Derek RichardsonNovember 9th, 2016

    After nearly two months of delays, United Launch Alliance (ULA) is once again gearing up to fly an Atlas V rocket with DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 satellite. The 15-minute launch window is scheduled to open at 10:30 PST (18:30 GMT) Nov. 11 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

  • ULA preparing to launch WorldView-4 satellite from Vandenberg

    Eric ShearSeptember 15th, 2016

    ULA is ready to launch the the WorldView-4 satellite from SLC-3E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Friday, Sept. 16. Previously known as GeoEye-2, the spacecraft was manufactured by Lockheed Martin and is operated by DigitalGlobe.

  • WorldView-2 satellite involved in ‘Debris causing event’

    Derek RichardsonJuly 20th, 2016

    A commercial Earth observation satellite was involved in a "debris causing event" yesterday, according to the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC), the part of the Defense Department that tracks space objects. The satellite in question, WorldView-2, is owned and operated by DigitalGlobe.