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WorldView-2 Imager

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Eight-band (plus panchromatic) VNIR pushbroom imager on the WorldView-2 satellite, operated by Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence / DigitalGlobe). The WV110 instrument was built by ITT Corporation on a Ball Aerospace BCP-5000 spacecraft. Launched 8 October 2009. Panchromatic GSD 0.46 m at nadir (450-800 nm); 8-band multispectral GSD 1.84 m at nadir covering Coastal Blue through NIR2 (396-1043 nm). 16.4 km swath at nadir. The first commercial satellite sensor to offer 8-band multispectral imaging. Extended operational service since design life expired January 2017.

Sensor

WorldView-2 Imager provides a panchromatic band and eight multispectral bands covering coastal blue through NIR2.[1][2]

The DigitalGlobe data sheet lists 0.46 m panchromatic ground sample distance, 1.84 m multispectral ground sample distance, and a 16.4 km nominal swath at nadir.[1]

ESA MAAP lists 1.85 m multispectral resolution for WorldView-2 archive and tasking products.[2]

JRC analyzed WorldView-2 stereo scenes and supports use of the sensor for vegetation-index mapping from its multispectral bands.[3]

Methodology Evidence Citation
vegetation-index-mapping capable [3]
Operator pricing

Pricing not publicly listed by operator

Supply chain position

carried by WorldView-2
Sources
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WorldView-2 Imager. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V., last reviewed 2026-05-25. https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/worldview-2-imager (CC BY 4.0)

BibTeX

@misc{eoatlas:products:sensor:worldview-2-imager,
  title = {WorldView-2 Imager},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Last reviewed 2026-05-25. CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/worldview-2-imager}
}