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WorldView Legion
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WorldView Legion is a six-satellite Earth observation constellation operated by Vantor, designed as a high-revisit successor to the earlier WorldView and GeoEye missions. The first pair (Legion 1 and Legion 2) launched in May 2024; the second and third pairs followed to build out the full six-satellite fleet. [1]
The constellation operates across two orbital planes. Legion 1 and Legion 2 fly in a near-polar orbit at approximately 515-524 km altitude and 97.58 degree inclination. [2] [1] Legion 3 through Legion 6 fly in a mid-inclination orbit at approximately 45 degree inclination and 507-530 km altitude. [1] The combination of orbital planes delivers sub-2-hour revisit over mid-latitude targets, with the operator quoting revisit times under two hours for tasked collection. [3]
Each satellite carries a pushbroom imaging payload (referred to as WorldView Legion Camera in eoPortal documentation; [3] WMO OSCAR records the instrument as Spaceview-NG for Legion-1 [2]) with a panchromatic GSD of 0.29 m per eoPortal [3] or 0.34 m per Satellite Imaging Corporation, [4] and a 9 km swath per eoPortal [3] or 10 km per Satellite Imaging Corporation. [4] The constellation supports tasked acquisitions and is the primary operational system in the Vantor portfolio as of 2025. [5]
All fields
| current status | Operational |
| operator | Vantor |
| launch vehicle | Spacex Falcon 9 |
| Launched | 2024-05-02 |
| orbit type | Mid-inclination, approximately 450 km, 93-min period (orbital-mechanics consistent) |
| swath km | 9 |
| revisit days | 0.07 |
| tasking supported | Yes |
| archive depth years | 1 |
| Last updated | 2026-05-24 |
| claim status | Unclaimed |
Supply chain position
- [1]WorldView Legion, eoPortal Directorycommunity2026-05-24
- [2]WorldView Legion, Wikipediacommunity2026-05-24
- [3]WorldView Legion, Satellite Imaging Corporationcommunity2026-05-24
- [4]WorldView Legion-1, WMO OSCAR satellite recordcommunity2026-05-24
- [5]Vantor (company), Wikipediacommunity2026-05-24
How to cite this page
Plain text
WorldView Legion. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V., last reviewed 2026-05-24. https://eo-atlas.org/missions/worldview-legion (CC BY 4.0)
BibTeX
@misc{eoatlas:missions:worldview-legion,
title = {WorldView Legion},
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-legion}
}