Scheduled for launch in early 2007, Scheduled for launch in early 2007,
OrbView OrbView-5 will offer unprecedented 5 will offer unprecedented
spatial resolution by simultaneously spatial resolution by simultaneously
acquiring 0.41 acquiring 0.41-meter panchromatic and meter panchromatic and
1.64-meter multispectral imagery meter multispectral imagery. It
can collect in excess of 800,000 square can collect in excess of 800,000 square
kilometers of imagery in a single day, kilometers of imagery in a single day,
downlink imagery in real downlink imagery in real-time to time to
international ground station customers, international ground station customers,
and can store 1.2 terabytes of data on and can store 1.2 terabytes of data on
its solid its solid-state recorders state recorders