Countdown to Launch: Lockheed Martin-Built WorldView-4 Imaging Satellite Encapsulated for Sept. 16 Launch

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Sept. 8, 2016 — (PRNewswire) —  The WorldView-4 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) for  DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), has been encapsulated in its protective launch vehicle fairing. It is scheduled to launch Sept. 16 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

For encapsulation, WorldView-4 was connected to an adapter and then enclosed in the four-meter fairing or "nose cone." The satellite will now be transported by truck to Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex 3 East where it will be lifted by crane and mated with the Atlas rocket.

"Encapsulation is the last time people will ever lay eyes on this satellite before it launches to space," said Steve Skladanek, president of Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services. "Our Atlas rocket is ready to provide WorldView-4 a smooth ride and precise delivery into orbit."

The Atlas V 401 rocket is provided by Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services. WorldView-4 is the latest in a series of imaging and data satellites built by Lockheed Martin for customers around the world.

Once launched, the satellite will more than double DigitalGlobe's coverage of the world's highest-resolution 30 cm commercial satellite imagery and increase the rate at which it grows its 16-year library of time-lapse, high-resolution imagery. WorldView-4 will orbit Earth every 90 minutes, traveling 17,000 miles per hour and capturing as much as 680,000 square kilometers of the Earth's surface daily (18 terabytes) – the equivalent of the land area of Texas.

WorldView-4 photos are available here.

For additional information, visit our website: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/commercialspace.

About Lockheed Martin

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 98,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.

Media Contact:
Lockheed Martin: Jill Krugman, +1 303-947-2930; Email Contact

 

To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/countdown-to-launch-lockheed-martin-built-worldview-4-imaging-satellite-encapsulated-for-sept-16-launch-300324562.html

SOURCE Lockheed Martin

 
 
Featured Video
Editorial
Jobs
Manufacturing Test Engineer for Google at Prague, Czechia, Czech Republic
Mechanical Test Engineer, Platforms Infrastructure for Google at Mountain View, California
Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering Manager for Google at Sunnyvale, California
Equipment Engineer, Raxium for Google at Fremont, California
Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer for General Dynamics Mission Systems at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Mechanical Engineer 2 for Lam Research at Fremont, California
Upcoming Events
Celebrate Manufacturing Excellence at Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim CA - Feb 4 - 6, 2025
3DEXPERIENCE World 2025 at George R. Brown Convention Center Houston TX - Feb 23 - 26, 2025
TIMTOS 2025 at Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 1 & 2 (TaiNEX 1 & 2) TWTC Hall Taipei Taiwan - Mar 3 - 8, 2025
Automate 2025 at Detroit, Michigan, USA MI - May 12 - 15, 2025



© 2024 Internet Business Systems, Inc.
670 Aberdeen Way, Milpitas, CA 95035
+1 (408) 882-6554 — Contact Us, or visit our other sites:
AECCafe - Architectural Design and Engineering EDACafe - Electronic Design Automation GISCafe - Geographical Information Services TechJobsCafe - Technical Jobs and Resumes ShareCG - Share Computer Graphic (CG) Animation, 3D Art and 3D Models
  Privacy PolicyAdvertise