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WorldView-1 features high-capacity sensors developed by ITT's Space Systems Division Rochester, NY September 18, 2007 — WorldView-1 was successfully launched today at 11:35 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) on a Boeing Delta II 7920 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. WorldView-1 is considered to be the most agile commercial remote sensing satellite ever placed into orbit. It is capable of collecting up to 290,000 square miles of ground images every day. The sensor system aboard WorldView-1, the "eyes" of the satellite that capture Earth images, was developed and built by ITT's Space Systems Division (SSD), headquartered in Rochester, NY. Space Systems employees in Rochester and around the U.S. watched today's launch on the company's web site. "Everyone at Space Systems can be proud of the hard work that went into the development of WorldView-1's imaging sensor," said Frank Koester, vice president and director, ITT Space Systems Commercial and Space Sciences. "Once again, we've proven our ability to go above and beyond in meeting our customers' requirements." ITT partnered with DigitalGlobe to make WorldView-1 a reality. Shortly after the launch, DigitalGlobe, which operates WorldView-1, announced that a ground station had received a downlink signal confirming that the satellite successfully separated from its launch vehicle and had automatically initialized its onboard processors. WorldView-1 is currently undergoing a calibration and check out period and will deliver imagery soon after. WorldView-1 features a high-capacity, panchromatic imaging system that can produce images with half-meter resolution. The satellite is capable of downlinking more frequently updated global imagery products than any other commercial imaging satellite in orbit. It is also equipped with state-of-the-art geo-location accuracy capability and exhibits unprecedented agility with rapid targeting and efficient in-track stereo collection. ITT's imaging sensor on the WorldView-1 provides twice the resolution at a third the cost of its predecessor. It's also four times more power-efficient and six times lighter. As a result, WorldView-1 promises to produce the most advanced imagery ever seen. ITT's Space Systems Division was selected in September 2003 by DigitalGlobe to build the imaging sensor for the WorldView-1 satellite, which is sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to fill imagery and geospatial needs for military, intelligence, foreign policy, homeland security and civil users. Scheduled to be completed in late 2008, WorldView-2, which also features an imaging system developed and built by Space Systems. About DigitalGlobe Colo.-based DigitalGlobe (www.digitalglobe.com) is the clear leader in the global commercial Earth imagery and geospatial information market. DigitalGlobe currently operates the world's highest resolution commercial satellite constellation with QuickBird and the first of two next-generation satellites, WorldView-1. The company's updated and growing ImageLibrary contains over three hundred million square kilometers of satellite and aerial imagery suited to countless applications for people who map, view, navigate and study the Earth. About ITT Space Systems Division ITT's Space Systems Division provides innovative solutions to customers in the Department of Defense, Intelligence, Space Science and Commercial Aerospace to help them visualize and understand critical events happening on Earth, in the air, or in space in time to take effective action. Leveraging comprehensive remote sensing and navigation capabilities, Space Systems' solutions span from image and data collection through processing and dissemination. Key applications include intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; high-resolution commercial imaging; space science; meteorology and Earth sciences; GPS navigation; and image and data processing and dissemination. For more information on ITT's Space Systems Division, please visit www.ssd.itt.com. About ITT Corporation ITT Corporation (www.itt.com) supplies advanced technology products and services in several growth markets. ITT is a global leader in the transport, treatment and control of water, wastewater and other fluids. The company plays a vital role in international security through its defense communications and electronics products; space surveillance and intelligence systems; and advanced engineering and related services. It also serves the growing leisure marine and electrical connectors markets with a wide range of products. Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., the company generated $7.8 billion in 2006 sales. In addition to the New York Stock Exchange, ITT Corporation stock is traded on the Euronext and Frankfurt exchanges. For free B-roll/video content and logo about ITT Corporation, please log onto http://www.thenewsmarket.com/itt to preview and request video. You can receive broadcast-standard video quality digitally or by tape from this site. Registration and video are free to the media. Editor's Note: For additional information about ITT Industries Space Systems visit our Web site at http://www.ssd.itt.com/ © ITT Industries, 2007. |
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