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ITT Sensors Aboard DigitalGlobe's WorldView-1 Satellite Capture First High-Res Images
White Plains NY (SPX) Oct 18, 2007 Following the successful mid-September launch of DigitalGlobe's WorldView-1 remote sensing satellite, the company has released three initial images captured by the advanced onboard sensor system, developed and built by ITT Corporation's Space Systems Division. WorldView-1's first black and white, sub-meter resolution images include shots of Houston, Texas, Yokohama, Japan, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The ITT imaging sensor used on WorldView-1 to capture these photographs has twice the resolution of its predecessor and allows viewers to see things on the ground as small as a half meter (approximately 20 inches) in diameter. The pictures can be viewed on ITT's Web site. "These first images from WorldView-1 dramatically illustrate the capability of the half-meter imaging sensor developed by ITT," said Frank Koester, vice president and director, commercial and space sciences, ITT Space Systems Division. "We continue to work closely with DigitalGlobe as WorldView-1 becomes fully operational and on delivery next year of an eight band color imaging sensor for WorldView-2." ITT was selected in September 2003 by DigitalGlobe to build the imaging sensor for the WorldView-1 satellite, which is sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to fill imagery and geospatial needs for military, intelligence, foreign policy, homeland security and civil users. Scheduled for completion in late 2008, WorldView-2 will feature an ITT eight-band multi-spectral system that will deliver life-like true color imagery. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links ITT Earth Observation News - Suppiliers, Technology and Application
Successful Image Taking By The High Definition Television
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 02, 2007Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have successfully taken high definition moving images through the KAGUYA (SELENE) for the first time. The KAGUYA is a lunar explorer launched on September 14 (Japan Standard Time, JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center. The images were taken by the KAGUYA's onboard High Definition Television (HDTV), which was developed by NHK for space use. |
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