Maxar

Very high resolution 15 cm optical satellite data, acquired worldwide with a revisit rate of 15 times a day. The collection provides data from 2007 to the present.


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 2001. 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 productResolutionSpectral bands combination
Custom30 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)
Custom50 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 productResolutionSpectral bands combination
WorldView Legion HD1515 cm4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR)
WorldView Legion — System-Ready30 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView Legion — Ortho-Ready30 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView Legion — Map-Ready30 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView Legion — Map-Ready Pansharpened30 cm8-band: pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-3 — System-Ready30 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-3 — Ortho-Ready30 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-3 — Map-Ready30 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-3 — Map-Ready Pansharpened30 cm8-band: pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
GeoEye-1 — System-Ready40 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
GeoEye-1 — Ortho-Ready40 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
GeoEye-1 — Map-Ready40 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 4 multispectral bands (RGB and NIR)
GeoEye-1 — Map-Ready Pansharpened40 cm4-band: pansharpened (RGB and NIR)
WorldView-2 — System-Ready50 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-2 — Ortho-Ready50 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-2 — Map-Ready50 cmBundle: 1 panchromatic and 8 multispectral bands (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-2 — Map-Ready Pansharpened30 cm8-band: pansharpened (RGB, NIR, red edge, coastal blue, and yellow)
WorldView-1 — System-Ready50 cm1-band: panchromatic
WorldView-1 — Ortho-Ready50 cm1-band: panchromatic
WorldView-1 — Map-Ready (16-bit)50 cm1-band: panchromatic
WorldView-1 — Map-Ready (8-bit)50 cm1-band: panchromatic

Specifications

General

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

Data

SpecificationDescription
Resolution
WorldView Legion
  • 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 (WorldView-1 — Map-Ready: 8 or 16‑bit)

Map-Ready Pansharpened: 8‑bit

WorldView Legion HD15: 8‑bit

Delivery format

A ZIP file containing the following files:

  • Data (GeoTIFF)
  • Metadata (XML, TXT)
  • Masks (SHP)
  • Thumbnails (JPEG)
MasksROI

Processing levels

 PrimaryGeorectifiedOrthorectified
BasicNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large
TOA

Supported inline-icon-large

System-Ready with RPC

Not supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large
Surface reflectanceNot supported inline-icon-large

Supported inline-icon-large

Ortho-Ready with RPC

Supported inline-icon-large

Map-Ready

DisplayNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large

Supported inline-icon-large

  1. Map-Ready Pansharpened
  2. WorldView Legion HD15

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition mode

Tasking:

  • Mono
  • Stereo

Catalog: Mono

Incidence angleFrom 5° to 45°
Off-nadir angleFrom 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 satellites9+
Revisit rate15 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

SpecificationDescription
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

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference systemUTM-WGS84
Positional accuracy< 5 m CE90 absolute

Conditions

SpecificationDescription
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 chargeAs per 50 km2 (64 km2 for high-demand areas)
SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: AOI

Availability: From 2007

Output:

  • System-Ready data products: Full scenes
  • Other data products: AOI-clipped imagery
Minimum chargeAs per 1 km2

API integration

Data productResolutionName and IDCollection name
Custom30 cm

Name: maxar-30cm-tasking

ID: b71c6628-38b4-4894-90cf-cfac9c746211

maxar-30cm-tasking
Custom50 cm

Name: maxar-50cm-tasking

ID: 047bbc09-a0eb-44ff-97d5-722d6bc8951a

maxar-50cm-tasking
Data productResolutionName and IDCollection name
WorldView Legion HD1515 cm

Name: worldview-legion-hd

ID: 2cc490fa-0ef0-4920-afdd-1bcffc67a11f

worldview-legion-hd
WorldView Legion — System-Ready30 cm

Name: worldview-legion-system-ready

ID: a87b8a02-8c01-4252-b102-2321b49f0a7e

worldview-legion
WorldView Legion — Ortho-Ready30 cm

Name: worldview-legion-ortho-ready

ID: 652ab31a-5332-4a2c-a967-adeb8b21c95f

worldview-legion
WorldView Legion — Map-Ready30 cm

Name: worldview-legion-map-ready

ID: 1f126309-a31e-4cbe-9489-99a6db8cc04e

worldview-legion
WorldView Legion — Map-Ready Pansharpened30 cm

Name: worldview-legion-map-ready-pansharpened

ID: 3ce206aa-598d-4eb1-beac-1129eb875845

worldview-legion
WorldView-3 — System-Ready30 cm

Name: worldview-3-system-ready

ID: 4007ab24-9835-4c15-b2ab-b50108b8e272

worldview-3
WorldView-3 — Ortho-Ready30 cm

Name: worldview-3-ortho-ready

ID: b4d76d17-dd8e-4f58-aa54-6014171c3d76

worldview-3
WorldView-3 — Map-Ready30 cm

Name: worldview-3-map-ready

ID: c8e06696-a7ad-4cb9-a949-bf8cfa1b292c

worldview-3
WorldView-3 — Map-Ready Pansharpened30 cm

Name: worldview-3-map-ready-pansharpened

ID: 086fceb1-1348-4edd-b235-850fd32dbf2b

worldview-3
GeoEye-1 — System-Ready40 cm

Name: geoeye-1-system-ready

ID: f9e4091d-c047-430a-ba11-56beb629d39c

geoeye-1
GeoEye-1 — Ortho-Ready40 cm

Name: geoeye-1-ortho-ready

ID: 7228948b-8b39-4dfd-9699-a6a6abde0de4

geoeye-1
GeoEye-1 — Map-Ready40 cm

Name: geoeye-1-map-ready

ID: 114c0df2-d856-4402-bd60-e22c56bc33fa

geoeye-1
GeoEye-1 — Map-Ready Pansharpened40 cm

Name: geoeye-1-map-ready-pansharpened

ID: 2b55675f-086a-43fd-9fab-70d1d51b2b62

geoeye-1
WorldView-2 — System-Ready50 cm

Name: worldview-2-system-ready

ID: 8d84d7be-cc36-4edc-a679-23e53b346e3a

worldview-2
WorldView-2 — Ortho-Ready50 cm

Name: worldview-2-ortho-ready

ID: 37f7137f-6870-4995-a287-456411494e61

worldview-2
WorldView-2 — Map-Ready50 cm

Name: worldview-2-map-ready

ID: 3617973f-a022-4375-8185-6e90c974a7c9

worldview-2
WorldView-2 — Map-Ready Pansharpened30 cm

Name: worldview-2-map-ready-pansharpened

ID: 723c1e8d-1d34-4bf4-a4d5-42688e72338b

worldview-2
WorldView-1 — System-Ready50 cm

Name: worldview-1-system-ready

ID: 60d6bec3-024c-467f-af36-5ba2110bdfdd

worldview-1
WorldView-1 — Ortho-Ready50 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

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