Maxar

Overview

Maxar imagery is acquired by GeoEye-1, WorldView-2, WorldView-3, and the WorldView Legion satellites anywhere on the globe. Catalog datasets are available starting from 2007. See more on the marketplace or download sample data.

30 cm tasking

WorldView Legion
WorldView-3

50 cm tasking

GeoEye-1
WorldView-2
WorldView-1

A Maxar image of Gold Coast (Australia)

Geographic coverage and restrictions

The geographic coverage is global, but certain areas are restricted.

The restriction map of WorldView Legion and WorldView-3

Data products

Data product	Resolution	Spectral bands combination
Custom	30 cm	Available band combinations and bundles 4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR) 8-band: pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow) Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR) Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
Custom	50 cm	Available band combinations and bundles 4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR) 8-band: pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow) Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR) Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)

Data product	Resolution	Spectral bands combination
WorldView Legion — 15 cm HD Map‑Ready Pansharpened	15 cm	4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR)
WorldView Legion — System-Ready	30 cm	Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView Legion — Ortho-Ready	30 cm	Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView Legion — Map-Ready	30 cm	Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView Legion — Map-Ready Pansharpened	30 cm	8-band: pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-3 — System-Ready	30 cm	Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-3 — Ortho-Ready	30 cm	Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-3 — Map-Ready	30 cm	Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-3 — Map-Ready Pansharpened	30 cm	8-band: pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
GeoEye-1 — System-Ready	40 cm	Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
GeoEye-1 — Ortho-Ready	40 cm	Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
GeoEye-1 — Map-Ready	40 cm	Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
GeoEye-1 — Map-Ready Pansharpened	40 cm	4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR)
WorldView-2 — System-Ready	50 cm	Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-2 — Ortho-Ready	50 cm	Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-2 — Map-Ready	50 cm	Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-2 — Map-Ready Pansharpened	50 cm	8-band: pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-1 — System-Ready	50 cm	1-band: panchromatic
WorldView-1 — Ortho-Ready	50 cm	1-band: panchromatic
WorldView-1 — Map-Ready (16-bit)	50 cm	1-band: panchromatic
WorldView-1 — Map-Ready (8-bit)	50 cm	1-band: panchromatic

Specifications

General

Specification	Description
Provider	Maxar
Collection type	Tasking Catalog
Product type	Optical
System type	Satellite

Data

Specification	Description
Resolution	WorldView Legion 15 cm HD: 15 cm Panchromatic: 30 cm Pansharpened: 30 cm Multispectral: 1.20 m WorldView-3 Panchromatic: 30 cm Pansharpened: 30 cm Multispectral: 1.20 m GeoEye-1 Panchromatic: 40 cm Pansharpened: 40 cm Multispectral: 1.65 m WorldView-2 Panchromatic: 50 cm Pansharpened: 50 cm Multispectral: 2 m WorldView-1 Panchromatic: 50 cm
Bit depth per pixel	System-Ready: 16‑bit Ortho-Ready: 16‑bit Map-Ready: 16‑bit Map-Ready Pansharpened: 8‑bit
Delivery format	A ZIP file containing the following files: Data (GeoTIFF) Metadata (XML, TXT) Masks (SHP) Thumbnails (JPEG)
Masks	ROI

Processing levels

	Primary	Georectified
Basic
TOA	with RPC	with RPC
Surface reflectance		with RPC
Display		with RPC

	Primary	Georectified	Orthorectified
Basic
TOA	System-Ready with RPC
Surface reflectance		Ortho-Ready with RPC	Map-Ready
Display			Map-Ready Pansharpened 15 cm HD Map‑Ready Pansharpened

System

Specification	Description
Acquisition mode	Tasking: Mono Stereo Catalog: Mono
Incidence angle	From 5° to 45°
Off-nadir angle	From 5° to 45°
Tasking priority	Standard High
Orbit	WorldView Legion: mid-inclination at 45° and sun-synchronous, at 518 km WorldView-3: sun-synchronous, at 617 km GeoEye-1: sun-synchronous, at 681 km WorldView-2: sun-synchronous, at 770 km WorldView-1: sun-synchronous, at 496 km
Number of satellites	9+
Revisit rate	15 times a day
Swath width	WorldView Legion: 10 km WorldView-3: 13.1 km GeoEye-1: 15.3 km WorldView-2: 16.4 km WorldView-1: 17.7 km

Band data

Specification	Description
Spectral bands	WorldView Legion Panchromatic: 450–800 nm Multispectral: 400–450 nm (coastal blue) 450–510 nm (blue) 510–580 nm (green) 585–625 nm (yellow) 630–690 nm (red) 695–715 nm (red edge 1) 730–750 nm (red edge 2) 770–895 nm (near-infrared) WorldView-3 Panchromatic: 450–800 nm Multispectral: 400–450 nm (coastal blue) 450–510 nm (blue) 510–580 nm (green) 585–625 nm (yellow) 630–690 nm (red) 695–715 nm (red edge 1) 730–750 nm (red edge 2) 770–895 nm (near-infrared) GeoEye-1 Panchromatic: 450–800 nm Multispectral: 450–510 nm (blue) 510–580 nm (green) 655–690 nm (red) 695–715 nm (red edge) 780–920 nm (near-infrared) WorldView-2 Panchromatic: 450–800 nm Multispectral: 400–450 nm (coastal blue) 450–510 nm (blue) 510–580 nm (green) 585–625 nm (yellow) 630–690 nm (red) 705–745 nm (red edge) 770–895 nm (near-infrared 1) 860–1,040 nm (near-infrared 2) WorldView-1 Panchromatic: 450–900 nm

Specification

Description

Spectral bands

WorldView Legion

Panchromatic: 450–800 nm
Multispectral:
1. 400–450 nm (coastal blue)
2. 450–510 nm (blue)
3. 510–580 nm (green)
4. 585–625 nm (yellow)
5. 630–690 nm (red)
6. 695–715 nm (red edge 1)
7. 730–750 nm (red edge 2)
8. 770–895 nm (near-infrared)

WorldView-3

Panchromatic: 450–800 nm
Multispectral:
1. 400–450 nm (coastal blue)
2. 450–510 nm (blue)
3. 510–580 nm (green)
4. 585–625 nm (yellow)
5. 630–690 nm (red)
6. 695–715 nm (red edge 1)
7. 730–750 nm (red edge 2)
8. 770–895 nm (near-infrared)

GeoEye-1

Panchromatic: 450–800 nm
Multispectral:
1. 450–510 nm (blue)
2. 510–580 nm (green)
3. 655–690 nm (red)
4. 695–715 nm (red edge)
5. 780–920 nm (near-infrared)

WorldView-2

Panchromatic: 450–800 nm
Multispectral:
1. 400–450 nm (coastal blue)
2. 450–510 nm (blue)
3. 510–580 nm (green)
4. 585–625 nm (yellow)
5. 630–690 nm (red)
6. 705–745 nm (red edge)
7. 770–895 nm (near-infrared 1)
8. 860–1,040 nm (near-infrared 2)

WorldView-1

Panchromatic: 450–900 nm

Geographic reference

Specification	Description
Coordinate reference system	UTM-WGS84
Positional accuracy	< 5 m CE90 absolute

Conditions

Specification	Description
Limitations	Input: AOI from 50 km² (64 km² for high-demand areas) up to 1,000 km², at least 2 km wide, with vertices spaced at least 2 meters apart Cloud coverage: 15–50% Output: Primary data products: full scenes Other data products: AOI-clipped imagery
Minimum charge	As per 50 km² (64 km² for high-demand areas)

Specification	Description
Limitations	Input: AOI Availability: from 2007 Output: System-Ready data products: full scenes Other data products: AOI-clipped imagery
Minimum charge	As per 1 km²

API integration

Data product	Resolution	Name and ID	Collection name
Custom	30 cm	Name: `maxar-30cm-tasking` ID: `b71c6628-38b4-4894-90cf-cfac9c746211`	`maxar-30cm-tasking`
Custom	50 cm	Name: `maxar-50cm-tasking` ID: `047bbc09-a0eb-44ff-97d5-722d6bc8951a`	`maxar-50cm-tasking`

Data product	Resolution	Name and ID	Collection name
WorldView Legion — 15 cm HD Map‑Ready Pansharpened	30 cm	Name: `worldview-legion-hd-map-ready-pansharpened` ID: `b7320628-80ff-4b7c-aee7-93ed8990034e`	`worldview-legion`
WorldView Legion — System-Ready	30 cm	Name: `worldview-legion-system-ready` ID: `a87b8a02-8c01-4252-b102-2321b49f0a7e`	`worldview-legion`
WorldView Legion — Ortho-Ready	30 cm	Name: `worldview-legion-ortho-ready` ID: `652ab31a-5332-4a2c-a967-adeb8b21c95f`	`worldview-legion`
WorldView Legion — Map-Ready	30 cm	Name: `worldview-legion-map-ready` ID: `1f126309-a31e-4cbe-9489-99a6db8cc04e`	`worldview-legion`
WorldView Legion — Map-Ready Pansharpened	30 cm	Name: `worldview-legion-map-ready-pansharpened` ID: `3ce206aa-598d-4eb1-beac-1129eb875845`	`worldview-legion`
WorldView-3 — System-Ready	30 cm	Name: `worldview-3-system-ready` ID: `4007ab24-9835-4c15-b2ab-b50108b8e272`	`worldview-3`
WorldView-3 — Ortho-Ready	30 cm	Name: `worldview-3-ortho-ready` ID: `b4d76d17-dd8e-4f58-aa54-6014171c3d76`	`worldview-3`
WorldView-3 — Map-Ready	30 cm	Name: `worldview-3-map-ready` ID: `c8e06696-a7ad-4cb9-a949-bf8cfa1b292c`	`worldview-3`
WorldView-3 — Map-Ready Pansharpened	30 cm	Name: `worldview-3-map-ready-pansharpened` ID: `086fceb1-1348-4edd-b235-850fd32dbf2b`	`worldview-3`
GeoEye-1 — System-Ready	40 cm	Name: `geoeye-1-system-ready` ID: `f9e4091d-c047-430a-ba11-56beb629d39c`	`geoeye-1`
GeoEye-1 — Ortho-Ready	40 cm	Name: `geoeye-1-ortho-ready` ID: `7228948b-8b39-4dfd-9699-a6a6abde0de4`	`geoeye-1`
GeoEye-1 — Map-Ready	40 cm	Name: `geoeye-1-map-ready` ID: `114c0df2-d856-4402-bd60-e22c56bc33fa`	`geoeye-1`
GeoEye-1 — Map-Ready Pansharpened	40 cm	Name: `geoeye-1-map-ready-pansharpened` ID: `2b55675f-086a-43fd-9fab-70d1d51b2b62`	`geoeye-1`
WorldView-2 — System-Ready	50 cm	Name: `worldview-2-system-ready` ID: `8d84d7be-cc36-4edc-a679-23e53b346e3a`	`worldview-2`
WorldView-2 — Ortho-Ready	50 cm	Name: `worldview-2-ortho-ready` ID: `37f7137f-6870-4995-a287-456411494e61`	`worldview-2`
WorldView-2 — Map-Ready	50 cm	Name: `worldview-2-map-ready` ID: `3617973f-a022-4375-8185-6e90c974a7c9`	`worldview-2`
WorldView-2 — Map-Ready Pansharpened	30 cm	Name: `worldview-2-map-ready-pansharpened` ID: `723c1e8d-1d34-4bf4-a4d5-42688e72338b`	`worldview-2`
WorldView-1 — System-Ready	50 cm	Name: `worldview-1-system-ready` ID: `60d6bec3-024c-467f-af36-5ba2110bdfdd`	`worldview-1`
WorldView-1 — Ortho-Ready	50 cm	Name: `worldview-1-ortho-ready` ID: `b3a2d58f-1e1d-4f49-ac7e-dfee83c8b7a5`	`worldview-1`
WorldView-1 — Map-Ready (16-bit)	50 cm	Name: `worldview-1-map-ready-16bit` ID: `22a4e6b0-0152-455c-9837-96b29fed217c`	`worldview-1`
WorldView-1 — Map-Ready (8-bit)	50 cm	Name: `worldview-1-map-ready-8bit` ID: `ae2e2969-ac1a-4a74-b849-59ca0903a606`	`worldview-1`