SpaceX Completes First Launch of WorldView Legion Satellites
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- May 02, 2024
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May 2, 2024, 12:02 pm
1.1k SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday.
Liftoff took place from Complex 4 East at 11:36 a.m. with the first stage booster, B1061, touching back down at Landing Zone 4.
The rocket carried two WorldView Legion satellites, the first two of a scheduled six-satellite constellation for Maxar. When these are all in orbit, they will allow Maxar’s customers to revisit views of a particular location up to 15 times per day. The current satellites the company has on-orbit are able to revisit a site two times per day.
SpaceX and Maxar launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on May 2, 2024 (Photo: SpaceX)
“WorldView Legion and the Maxar 500 series platform is the culmination of decades of experience in building satellites for customer missions,” said Chris Johnson, Maxar Space Systems CEO. “We are excited to reach this important program milestone and look forward to continued partnership on the program.”
Maxar Technologies partnered with Raytheon Missiles and Defense to develop an instrument suite for their WorldView Legion satellite.
SpaceX and Maxar launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on May 2, 2024 (Photo: SpaceX)
This satellite will be capable of capturing high-resolution imagery with a resolution as fine as 30 cm. The instrument suite provides improved control and sensitivity to each band, allowing customers to better distinguish between different materials on the ground, including vegetation and manmade objects.
Maxar also highlights the satellite’s potential for enhancing U.S. national security by monitoring nuclear and ballistic missile activities in North Korea and Iran as well as offering Vessel Detection Services.
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