DigitalGlobe Takes Delivery of WorldView 1 Sensor From ITT
August 07 2006 - 1:12PM
PR Newswire (US)
First Next Generation Sensor Delivered for Commercial Remote
Sensing Industry LONGMONT, Colo., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ --
DigitalGlobe(R), provider of the world's highest resolution
commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products,
announced today that ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) has completed and
shipped the imaging sensor for the next generation WorldView 1
satellite. Thorough testing at ITT has demonstrated that this
sensor, the first next-generation commercial sensor to be
delivered, will meet DigitalGlobe's performance specifications. The
WorldView 1 sensor is now at Ball Aerospace & Technologies
Corp. to be integrated into the satellite. With completion of this
milestone, DigitalGlobe has completed the majority of the financial
milestones against the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's
NextView contract, for which the system is being constructed to
support imagery delivery. "This is a great achievement and a very
important milestone. We have retired a significant amount of
schedule risk," stated Jill Smith, president and CEO of
DigitalGlobe. "The WorldView 1 satellite continues to show steady
progress. We are eager to get the WorldView 1 satellite on-orbit in
mid-2007 to add capacity on top of the QuickBird imaging satellite,
and to meet the growing requirements of government and commercial
customers." About DigitalGlobe Longmont, Colo.-based DigitalGlobe
(http://www.digitalglobe.com/) is the clear leader in the global
commercial Earth imagery and geospatial information market. The
company's technical superiority and innovation, unparalleled
commitment to customer service, extensive business partner network
and open systems philosophy make DigitalGlobe the preferred
supplier of imagery products to government and commercial markets.
DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite is the world's highest
resolution commercial imaging system. The company's next-generation
WorldView 1 is scheduled to launch in mid-2007, and WorldView 2 is
anticipated to launch in 2008. The company's updated and growing
ImageLibrary contains over one hundred eighty million square
kilometers of global imagery for countless mapping and planning
needs. DigitalGlobe is a registered trademark of DigitalGlobe.
DATASOURCE: DigitalGlobe CONTACT: Chuck Herring of DigitalGlobe,
+1-303-684-4020, Web site: http://www.digitalglobe.com/
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