WorldView 3 - Atlas V 401 - Ванденберг SLC-3E - 13.08.2014 - 18:30 UTC

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Launch of WorldView 3 on Atlas V 401 from Vandenberg

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Можно поздравить американцев с запуском самого крутого гражданского КА ДЗЗ. Интересно, он имеет статус "двойного назначения" ?

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The 54th flight of the RD-180 main engine

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Atlas V WorldView-3 Launch Highlights

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DigitalGlobe Announces the Successful Launch of WorldView-3
http://investor.digitalglobe.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=70788&p=RssLanding&cat=news&id=1958312

LONGMONT, CO -- (Marketwired) -- 08/13/14 -- DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, today announced the successful launch of WorldView-3, the company's sixth and most advanced super-spectral, high-resolution commercial satellite. The satellite launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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"The successful launch of WorldView-3 extends DigitalGlobe's commanding technological lead and will enable us to help our customers see through smoke, peer beneath the ocean's surface and determine the mineral and moisture content of the earth below -- all with unprecedented clarity," said Jeffrey R. Tarr, Chief Executive Officer of DigitalGlobe. "We'd like to thank our customers, partners, team members and investors for their support in bringing to the world the new capabilities made possible with this success."

WorldView-3 will collect super-spectral imagery at 0.31 meter resolution -- delivering 5 times the clarity of the company's nearest competitor. In addition WorldView-3 will offer the most spectral diversity available commercially and will be the first to offer multiple shortwave infrared (SWIR) bands that allow for accurate imaging through haze, fog, dust, smoke and other air-born particulates. The satellite is also the only satellite to offer CAVIS, a cloud, aerosol, water vapor, ice and snow atmospheric correction instrument, which monitors the atmosphere and corrects data for an unprecedented level of consistency.

"The unmatched abilities that WorldView-3 brings to our constellation will enable us to provide our customers with information and insight never before possible and advance our efforts to create a living digital inventory of the earth," said Tarr.

The satellite and atmospheric monitoring instrument called CAVIS were built by Ball Aerospace (NYSE: BLL). Exelis (NYSE: XLS) built the integrated, super-spectral payload consisting of a telescope, sensor and shortwave infrared system, making WorldView-3 the first commercial satellite to carry such capabilities. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle provided by Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services (LMCLS) delivered the satellite in orbit.

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Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Successfully Launches WorldView-3 Satellite
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2014/august/0813-ss-cls.html

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., August 13, 2014 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE] Commercial Launch Services (LMCLS) has successfully launched the WorldView-3 commercial remote sensing spacecraft. An Atlas V 401 blasted off at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time from Space Launch Complex 3 East, placing WorldView-3 in orbit for customer DigitalGlobe and marking the 118th consecutive successful Atlas launch to date.

WorldView-3 is the first multi-payload, super-spectral, high-resolution commercial satellite for earth observations and advanced geospatial solutions. Operating at an expected altitude of 617 km, WorldView-3 will have an average revisit time of less than one day and will be capable of collecting up to 680,000 square kilometers of imagery per day, further enhancing DigitalGlobe's capacity for rapid and reliable collection.

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The range of customer applications enabled by the DigitalGlobe constellation is expanded by WorldView-3's ability to sense both the visible spectrum and deeper into the infrared spectrum. Its data-rich imagery will enable customers to search for new sources of minerals and fuels, manage forests and farms, and accelerate DigitalGlobe's exploitation of Geospatial Big Data™ – a living digital inventory of the surface of the earth.

"We began this journey several years ago with our client DigitalGlobe, with the single focus of achieving Mission Success coupled with date-certain revenues for WorldView-3," said Robert Cleave, president of LMCLS.  "As the prime contractor for this launch, LMCLS worked very closely with our subcontractor, United Launch Alliance, as well as DigitalGlobe, to ensure a successful launch within the originally contracted launch window."

"Our customers value the quality and reliability that the Atlas V, the best launcher in the business, has delivered time and time again," continued Cleave. "We look forward to continuing our partnership with DigitalGlobe with the launch of WorldView-4 in 2016."

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PDF-ка с описанием WV3 от DigitalGlobe:
http://www.digitalglobe.com/sites/default/files/WorldView3-DS-WV3_RU.pdf

Статья на хабре:
http://habrahabr.ru/post/212673/

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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av047/launch/
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av047/press/

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Atlas V WorldView-3 Launch Highlights

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