Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today unveiled unique capabilities of its WorldView-3 satellite, slated for launch in mid-2014. The announcement was made at the 28th Annual National Space Symposium, the premier gathering of the global space community taking place now in Colorado Springs.
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced that it has been awarded a one-year contract at a funded level of $37.9 million by the U.S. Government via the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the NGA’s new Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (EGD) program.
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. jointly announced today they successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for DigitalGlobe’s next generation remote-sensing satellite, WorldView-3. The successful CDR was completed in late August and keeps WorldView-3 on schedule for a planned launch in the middle of
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced that it has been named Earth Observation Operator of the Year by Euroconsult. “From all of us at DigitalGlobe, I’d like to extend our thanks to the committee and to Euroconsult for this honor,” said Jeffrey R. Tarr, President and CEO
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
DigitalGlobe today announced that the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has subscribed to the company’s FirstLook global event monitoring service for its Operational Satellite Applications Program (UNOSAT). When crises occur, FirstLook will deliver updated high-resolution satellite imagery and associated insight of the region to UNOSAT personnel within hours after the crisis begins.
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Magellan GPS today introduced a new series of worldwide satellite and aerial imagery-enhanced maps for its Magellan eXplorist and Magellan Triton handheld GPS units. The new maps provide Magellan handheld GPS users with high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery from DigitalGlobe, a leading provider of earth imagery solutions. Detailed and precise overhead pictures of their surroundings will
Friday, July 15th, 2011
DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, announced that on June 16 it successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) of infrastructure enhancements at its Colorado headquarters under the terms of the EnhancedView contract. The successful CDR marks the third consecutive EnhancedView contract milestone DigitalGlobe has achieved on schedule. “Fulfilling our commitments
Monday, May 9th, 2011
DigitalGlobe today announced a cooperation with German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the German company 3D RealityMaps to provide a new range of high quality three dimensional (3D) data products. 3D RealityMaps will use the data, captured on an ongoing basis by DigitalGlobe’s fleet of earth imaging satellites and processed into 3D data by DLR, to
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
DigitalGlobe and Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) have partnered together to use on-the-ground photography and satellite imagery to monitor the state of the world’s glaciers. In this report, the first of its kind for both companies, we have collected recent satellite imagery from three of the world’s most renowned glaciers: Khumbu Glacier at Mt. Everest, the
Monday, April 18th, 2011
DigitalGlobe announced today it has completed raising the orbit of its QuickBird satellite, a process that began in late March. QuickBird is now orbiting 482 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, raised from its previous 450 kilometer orbit. QuickBird has continued to deliver high resolution imagery and imagery-based products to customers throughout the process. The company
