DigitalGlobe taps Boeing Launch Services to launch WorldView-2.(SATELLITE LAUNCHES)

Wireless Satellite and Broadcasting Newsletter, April, 2008

DigitalGlobe, provider of high-resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, announced that it has chosen Boeing Launch Services for the launch of WorldView-2, DigitalGlobe's third remote-sensing satellite. WorldView-2 will offer the industry's highest collection capacity, more frequent refresh and revisit rates, more spectral information, and greater imaging agility. WorldView-2, a next-generation system being built independent of a US government contract, is currently scheduled to launch in mid-2009.

"After the successful launches of QuickBird and WorldView-1, Boeing was the obvious and natural choice for the launch of WorldView-2," said Jill Smith, DigitalGlobe president and CEO. "We are thrilled to now have the first...

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