DigitalGlobe Unveils First WorldView-1 Images (Forwarded)

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October 15, 2007

DigitalGlobe Unveils First WorldView-1 Images

First Photos from Next-Generation Satellite Capture Half-Meter Views of
Houston, Yokohama, and Addis Ababa

Longmont, Colo. -- DigitalGlobe, provider of the world's highest-resolution
commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, today
revealed the first images from WorldView-1, the highest resolution, most
agile commercial satellite ever flown. WorldView-1 was successfully launched
on September 18 from Vandenberg Air Force Base and has been undergoing a
routine calibration and check-out period. DigitalGlobe expects WorldView-1
to be fully operational and delivering imagery products by the end of the
year if not sooner. DigitalGlobe is the only company operating a
constellation of sub-meter commercial imaging satellites and in late 2008,
will complete WorldView-2 which will provide eight bands of multi-spectral
data for life-like true color imagery.

The images can be viewed at
http://www.digitalglobe.com/worldview-1_images.html

"The quality and resolution of WorldView-1's first images is demonstrative
of the superior level of imagery and geospatial information we expect to
deliver to our customers," said Jill Smith, chief executive officer of
DigitalGlobe. "Knowing that the satellite continues to undergo final
calibration in the coming weeks, we expect the quality of WorldView-1's
imagery to improve even more."

WorldView-1's first images include half-meter snapshots from:

* Houston, Texas, USA acquired October 2, 2007
* Yokohama, Japan acquired October 5, 2007
* Addis Ababa, Ethiopia acquired October 5, 2007

WorldView-1, built by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation with the
imaging sensor provided by ITT Corporation, is a high-capacity, panchromatic
imaging system featuring half-meter resolution imagery. With an average
revisit time of 1.7 days, WorldView-1 is capable of collecting up to 750,000
square kilometers (290,000 square miles) per day of half-meter imagery.
Frequent revisits increase image collection opportunities, enhance change
detection applications and enable accurate map updates. The satellite is
capable of collecting, storing and downlinking more frequently updated
global imagery products than any other commercial imaging satellite in
orbit, allowing for expedited image capture, processing and delivery to
customers where speed is a driving factor. WorldView-1 is equipped with
state-of-the-art geo-location accuracy capability and exhibits unprecedented
agility with rapid targeting and efficient in-track stereo collection.

About DigitalGlobe

Longmont, Colo.-based DigitalGlobe (http://www.digitalglobe.com) is the
clear leader in the global commercial Earth imagery and geospatial
information market as well as the only company operating a constellation of
sub-meter commercial imaging satellites. The company's technical superiority
and innovation, unparalleled commitment to customer service, extensive
business partner network and open systems philosophy make DigitalGlobe the
preferred supplier of imagery products to government and commercial markets.
DigitalGlobe is the only geospatial content provider to take an end-to-end
approach to geospatial imagery, from acquiring proprietary high-resolution
images through a leading-edge satellite and aerial network, to integrating
and distributing that data through GlobeXplorer, a proprietary web-based
search and retrieval system that makes it easy to find, purchase and
download global imagery. 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 plans to
complete construction of its second next-generation satellite, WorldView-2
in late 2008. The company's updated and growing ImageLibrary contains more
than three hundred million square kilometers of satellite and aerial imagery
suited to countless applications for people who map, view, navigate and
study the earth.

DigitalGlobe is a registered trademark of DigitalGlobe.