30-cm 8-band WorldView Legion 4 Is Live In Image Hunter!
We are on a roll recently as we just added in our second, new high-resolution satellite imagery dataset to Image Hunter! It is the third WorldView Legion satellite, Legion 4, which collects 30-centimeter (cm) 8-band data. Imaging some 525,000 square kilometers (sq km) of 30-cm data daily, WorldView Legion 4 is the first mid-latitude orbit (MIO) satellite that is operational in the WorldView Legion constellation. MIO satellites are in a persistent orbit between 45° North and South latitudes, allowing them to image locations where the vast majority of the human population lives multiple times a day.
A 30-cm color WorldView Legion sample collected over the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C., USA on October 19, 2024. (Image courtesy Maxar)Legion 4 is the third active satellite in the WorldView Legion constellation which sets itself apart with these unique specifications:
- 6 satellite constellation with 4 MIO satellites.
- 30-cm panchromatic band plus 1.2-meter (m) 8-band multispectral including coastal, blue, green, yellow, red, red edge 1, red edge 2, and near-infrared (NIR).
- Each satellite in the constellation images over 500,000 sq km per day.
- When all 6 WorldView Legion satellites are live, the constellation will average 3 accesses per day to locations between 40° North and South latitudes.
- With 4 MIO satellites, WorldView Legion will image throughout the day, not just during the morning as most satellite systems do.
This valuable 8-band 30-cm dataset is quickly filling the high-resolution archives of Image Hunter–so get your search started now! And if you have any questions about using WorldView Legion in your next mapping project, send us an email now to sales@apollomapping.com.
