Maxar – Spaceflight Now

January 17, 2019

Breaking News

[ January 16, 2019 ] Iran admits failure in satellite launch attempt Mission Reports
[ January 14, 2019 ] Dragon cargo craft returns to Earth Mission Reports
[ January 13, 2019 ] China releases more images from far side of the moon Mission Reports
[ January 11, 2019 ] SpaceX plans to lay off 10 percent of workforce News
[ January 11, 2019 ] SpaceX begins 2019 with eighth and final launch for upgraded Iridium network Mission Reports

DigitalGlobe’s WorldView 4 Earth-imaging satellite fails

January 7, 2019

DigitalGlobe’s WorldView 4 commercial Earth observation satellite, which launched in 2016 for a planned 10-to-12-year mission, has suffered a failure in its control moment gyros and is no longer able to acquire high-resolution imagery, officials announced Monday.

DigitalGlobe books two launches with SpaceX for Earth-imaging fleet

March 28, 2018

Two Falcon 9 rockets with reused first stage boosters will place the initial block of DigitalGlobe’s commercial WorldView Legion satellite fleet in orbit in 2021, the Earth-imaging company recently announced.