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WorldView-2

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WorldView-2 is a commercial Earth observation satellite launched on 8 October 2009, operated by Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence, rebranded October 2025). ^[1] It introduced eight-band multispectral capability at high resolution to the commercial market, complementing the panchromatic-only WorldView-1 instrument. ^[2]

The satellite operates in a Sun-synchronous orbit at 770 km altitude, 97.8 degree inclination, and 10:30 LTDN. ^[3] Wikipedia's orbital table records a slightly different altitude of 772-773 km (perigee/apogee); 770 km is the nominal value used by WMO OSCAR and ESA EO Gateway. ^[4] ^[3] It carries a panchromatic band at approximately 0.46 m GSD and eight multispectral bands (coastal, blue, green, yellow, red, red-edge, near-infrared 1, near-infrared 2) covering a 16.4 km swath. ^[2] Revisit is approximately 1.1 days. ^[3] The archive extends approximately 16 years. ^[5] The satellite was in an extended operational phase as of early 2026; no decommission announcement had been made, though Vantor's WorldView Legion constellation is expected to succeed the earlier WorldView-series missions. ^[5]

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current status	Extended operations
operator	Vantor
launch vehicle	Delta II
Launched	2009-10-08
orbit type	Sun-synchronous, 770 km, 97.8 deg inclination, 10:30 LTDN
swath km	16.4
revisit days	1.1
tasking supported	Yes
archive depth years	16
Last updated	2026-05-24
claim status	Unclaimed

Supply chain position

carries instrument WorldView-2 Imager

operated by Vantor

launched on Delta II

Sources

[1]WorldView-2, eoPortal Directorycommunity2026-05-24
[2]WorldView-2, Wikipediacommunity2026-05-24
[3]WorldView-2, ESA EO Gateway mission recordcommunity2026-05-24
[4]WorldView-2, WMO OSCAR satellite recordcommunity2026-05-24
[5]Vantor (company), Wikipediacommunity2026-05-24

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WorldView-2. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V., last reviewed 2026-05-24. https://eo-atlas.org/missions/worldview-2 (CC BY 4.0)

BibTeX

@misc{eoatlas:missions:worldview-2,
  title = {WorldView-2},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Last reviewed 2026-05-24. CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/worldview-2}
}