# WorldView Legion
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: vantor
- **actual launch**: "2024-05-02T00:00:00.000Z"
- **current status**: operational
- **orbit type**: Mid-inclination, approximately 450 km, 93-min period (orbital-mechanics consistent)
- **swath km**: 9
- **revisit days**: 0.07
- **tasking supported**: 1
- **archive depth years**: 1
- **last verified date**: 2026-05-24
- **verified by**: community
- **claim status**: unclaimed

## Editorial
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. [^wiki-wvlegion]

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. [^wmo-oscar-wvl1] [^wiki-wvlegion] Legion 3 through Legion 6 fly in a mid-inclination orbit at approximately 45 degree inclination and 507-530 km altitude. [^wiki-wvlegion] 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. [^eoportal-wvl]

Each satellite carries a pushbroom imaging payload (referred to as WorldView Legion Camera in eoPortal documentation; [^eoportal-wvl] WMO OSCAR records the instrument as Spaceview-NG for Legion-1 [^wmo-oscar-wvl1]) with a panchromatic GSD of 0.29 m per eoPortal [^eoportal-wvl] or 0.34 m per Satellite Imaging Corporation, [^satimaging-wvl] and a 9 km swath per eoPortal [^eoportal-wvl] or 10 km per Satellite Imaging Corporation. [^satimaging-wvl] The constellation supports tasked acquisitions and is the primary operational system in the Vantor portfolio as of 2025. [^wiki-vantor]

## Compositional position
- WorldView Legion --[mission_payloads]--> worldview-legion-imager (products)

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Source: https://eo-atlas.org/missions/worldview-legion
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