WorldView Legion Satellite

WorldView Legion is a constellation of six, 34-centimeter (cm) high-resolution Earth observation satellites owned and operated by Maxar Technologies. The first two Legion satellites successfully launched on May 2, 2024 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. On August 15, 2024, Legion 3 and Legion 4 launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida; and then on February 4, 2025, Legion 5 and Legion 6 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

WorldView Legion satellites offer 34-cm resolution panchromatic imagery, making them among the highest resolution commercial satellites available. They also capture multispectral imagery at 1.36-meter (m) resolution with eight bands: coastal, blue, green, yellow, red, red edge 1, red edge 2, and near-infrared (NIR). This spectral diversity enables enhanced analysis capabilities for a wide variety of applications including vegetation analysis and monitoring, mineral and hydrocarbon exploration, forestry studies, and land use-land cover classifications.

The WorldView Legion constellation is positioned in various orbits to provide frequent revisits, with up to 15 revisits per day in some areas. Legion 1 and Legion 2 are currently in sun-synchronous orbits; and were joined by Legion 3, Legion 4, Legion 5 and Legion 6 orbiting at the Earth’s mid-latitudes. At a 45-degree inclination, mid-latitude orbit, Legion 3, Legion 4, Legion 5 and Legion 6 have greater daytime coverage and more revisits in high-interest areas. With 90% of the world’s population living between 45° North and 45° South latitudes, the WorldView Legion constellation has shorter revisit times to these regions, while still covering the far northern and southern latitudes with two sun-synchronous satellites.

The WorldView Legion constellation allows Apollo Mapping to offer increased imaging capacity and faster delivery times to its customers across various sectors, including defense, mining, oil and gas, engineering, education and research, and humanitarian relief.