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WORLDVIEW-3 (WV-3)

NORAD 40115 · Payload · In orbit since 2014

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Launched
2014-08-13 · Vandenberg, USA
Country / operator
US (United States)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
2,615 kg
Size
4.3 × 2.5 m · 7.1 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
612 × 615 km
Inclination
97.8°
Period
96.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0002
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).