# WorldView-3 Imager
*sensor . products*

Four-subsystem multispectral pushbroom imager on the WorldView-3 satellite, operated by Vantor (formerly Maxar Intelligence / DigitalGlobe). Launched 13 August 2014 aboard Atlas V 401 into a 617 km sun-synchronous orbit at 97.97 degrees inclination. Imager built by ITT Exelis (now L3Harris Technologies) on a Ball Aerospace BCP-5000 spacecraft. Four focal plane array subsystems: panchromatic at 0.31 m GSD (450-800 nm); 8-band VNIR multispectral at 1.24 m GSD (397-1039 nm); 8-band SWIR multispectral at 3.70 m GSD (1195-2365 nm); 12-band CAVIS at 30 m GSD (405-2245 nm) for atmospheric correction. Commercial, tasked-acquisition only, no open archive. The 3.70 m SWIR subsystem is the only operational commercial imager capable of resolving alteration mineral assemblages at outcrop scale, making WV-3 the standard tool for drill-target confirmation after regional hyperspectral surveys. Operational since 2014, exceeded 7.25-year design life, estimated service life 10-12 years.

## Specifications
- **product status**: operational
- **manufacturer**: vantor
- **sensor**: {"instrument_family":"passive-optical","measurement_principle":"passive","spectral_range_nm":{"min":397,"max":2365},"spectral_band_count":29,"gsd_m":{"native":1.24},"swath_km":13.1,"bit_depth":11,"channels":[{"name":"Panchromatic","spectral_range_nm":{"min":450,"max":800},"spectral_band_count":1,"gsd_m":{"native":0.31}},{"name":"VNIR","spectral_range_nm":{"min":397,"max":1039},"spectral_band_count":8,"gsd_m":{"native":1.24}},{"name":"SWIR","spectral_range_nm":{"min":1195,"max":2365},"spectral_band_count":8,"gsd_m":{"native":3.7}},{"name":"CAVIS","spectral_range_nm":{"min":405,"max":2245},"spectral_band_count":12,"gsd_m":{"native":30}}]}
- **last verified date**: "2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z"
- **verified by**: sw
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **deployment context**: orbital

## Compositional position
- worldview-3 (missions) --[mission_payloads]--> WorldView-3 Imager
- minerals (topics) --[topic_capabilities]--> WorldView-3 Imager

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