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DigitalGlobe, ULA Successfully Launch WorldView-3 Satellite; DigitalGlobe Announces WorldView-4

DigitalGlobe, ULA Successfully Launch WorldView-3 Satellite; DigitalGlobe Announces WorldView-4
The Air Force's GPS IIF-7 satellite launches on an Atlas V launch vehicle Aug. 1 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Photo: ULA.

Launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully lifted satellite imager DigitalGlobe’s [DGI] WorldView-3 spacecraft Wednesday from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Liftoff took place at 2:29 p.m. EDT. Launch took place on one of ULA’s Atlas V rockets, which are powered by the Russian-developed RD-180 first stage booster. This was the first commercial Atlas V launch to take place at Vandenberg, according to an Air Force statement. WorldView-3 is the first multi-payload super-spectral, high-resolution commercial satellite for earth observations and advanced geospatial…

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