Maxar’s Legion Satellites: Ultra-High Resolution and Dynamic Revisit Frequency
Maxar’s Legion satellites are truly in a league of their own, thanks to their jaw-dropping ultra-high resolution and incredibly frequent revisit capability. This combo makes Legion an absolute game-changer for a whole range of applications.
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September 4, 2024
The Power of Maxar’s Legion Satellites: High Resolution and Flexibility
Maxar Technologies has once again raised the bar in satellite imagery with their latest innovation, the WorldView Legion constellation. Comprising six state-of-the-art WorldView satellites, this cutting-edge constellation is set to redefine the standards of earth observation. The first two satellites of the Legion series were launched in May 2024, with the remaining four expected to join them in orbit by the end of the year. Together, these satellites will deliver an impressive frequency of up to 15 revisits per day, achieving unparalleled accuracy with a <1.5 meter Root Mean Square Error (RMSE).
What sets the Legion constellation apart is its integration with advanced cloud-based storage software, which enhances its storage capacity and facilitates the seamless incorporation of future satellites into the network. This sophisticated system enables on-demand tasking, allowing users to request imagery of specific locations at precise times. This level of flexibility makes the Legion satellites ideal for meeting the high-frequency, dynamic needs of today’s geospatial analysis and remote sensing tasks. Whether it’s for detailed environmental monitoring, urban planning, or disaster response, Maxar’s Legion constellation promises to provide the most current, accurate, and actionable imagery available.
A legion makes it possible.
Maxar’s rich legacy in space technology has paved the way for our next-generation satellites. WorldView Legion satellite imagery is poised to power crucial missions, from defense and intelligence to real-time navigation maps—delivering unmatched speed, quality, and scale.
Putting Imagery To Use:
Maxar’s Legion constellation stands out in the realm of satellite imagery with its ultra-high resolution and daily revisit capabilities, offering transformative benefits across various sectors:
Defense and Intelligence
Maxar’s Legion satellites are a game-changer for defense and intelligence operations. Their ultra-high resolution provides military and defense agencies with unparalleled clarity, essential for detailed surveillance and strategic planning. With the ability to revisit locations up to 15 times a day, these satellites deliver real-time updates on terrain landscapes, infrastructure changes, and activities of interest. This frequent and precise data enhances situational awareness, allowing for more informed decisions and effective monitoring of sensitive areas.
Climate Change Monitoring
The Legion satellites are instrumental in tracking environmental changes related to climate change. Their high-resolution imagery and time frequency capabilities, coupled with GIS remote sensing solutions, allow for detailed change detection monitoring of phenomena such as glacier retreat, sea-level rise, desertification, and shifting vegetation patterns.
By providing improved terrain models and on-demand updates, the Legion constellation supports accurate assessments of climate impacts, helping scientists and policymakers make informed decisions about climate action and adaptation strategies.
WorldView Legion image captures, courtesy Maxar.
Route Planning & Fleet Management
For transportation and logistics companies, Maxar’s Legion satellite imagery capture offers advanced solutions for route planning and larger fleet management. The ultra-high 30cm resolution imagery ensures that companies have access to the latest visual information on road networks, traffic conditions, and infrastructure changes. Up-to-date imagery and data is crucial for optimizing routes, managing fleets efficiently, and responding to logistical challenges in real time. Enhanced monitoring capabilities further aid in tracking fleet movements.
Disaster Management
In disaster management, timely and accurate information is vital for effective response and recovery. Maxar’s Legion satellites provide multiple revisits per day, delivering real-time insights into on-the-ground developments during emergencies. The ultra-high resolution imagery allows for precise assessment of damage, including infrastructural changes and overall impact assessments in managing the scope of the event in question. Detailed information is drawn from captured imagery to support humanitarian efforts, aid in resource allocation, and enhances the overall success rate and critical decision making during and after disaster response initiatives.
Precision Agriculture
Maxar’s Legion satellites are built to thrive in the growing industry of precision agriculture. With their combination of ultra-high resolution and specialized bands like Red Edge and Near-Infrared (NIR). These capabilities allow farmers to accurately assess vegetation health, track crop growth, and detect harvesting needs remotely.
The ability to detect chlorophyll absorption through Red Edge and NIR bands provides insights into plant health, while the high resolution enables detection of subtle variations in vegetation. This detailed data supports optimal field management, improves crop yields, and promotes sustainable farming practices.
To learn more about our Precision Agriculture GIS and remote sensing crop monitoring solutions, visit our precision agriculture page here.
WorldView-1
- Electro-optical
- 50 cm resolution
- <5.0 m CE90
GeoEye-1
- Electro-optical
- 41 cm resolution
- <5.0 m CE90
WorldView-3
- Electro-optical
- 31 cm resolution
- <5.0 m CE90
WorldView-2
- Electro-optical
- 46 cm resolution
- <5.0 m CE90
Four WorldView Legion
- Electro-optical
- 34 cm resolution
- <5.0 m CE90
Earth Observation with Maxar and Swift Geospatial
Maxar’s Legion satellites are truly in a league of their own, thanks to their ultra-high 30cm resolution and incredibly frequent revisit capability. This combo makes Legion an absolute game-changer for the world of remote sensing.
With these satellites, we attain crystal-clear images that are updated up to 15 times a day. This means you can stay on top of things like never before—whether you’re monitoring changes in the environment, planning transportation routes, managing fleets, or handling disaster responses. The ability to get such detailed imagery so frequently allows for precision and flexibility in your earth monitoring needs.
At Swift Geospatial, we’re all about leveraging cutting-edge technology to bring our clients tailored GIS solutions that satisfy the requirements of your project and scope of work. We make use of Maxar’s Legion satellites to craft custom GIS solutions that offer ultra-high resolution satellite imagery collection coupled with GIS tools that can adapt to your on-demand remote sensing needs.
Our team is dedicated to making sure we deliver top-quality earth observation solutions through creating easy to read dashboards full of information that assists with informed decision making. Whether you need regular updates, historical imagery or real-time daily insights, we’ve got you covered with Maxar’s Legion’s advanced satellite imagery capabilities.
