2 WorldView Legion satellites on Launch on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center

The two WorldView Legion satellites were manufactured by Maxar Space Systems, another division of Maxar Technologies. The company announced their arrive in Florida in early January to begin final processing ahead of the launch.

The two satellites were shipped from Maxar Space Systems’ factory in Palo Alto, California. Once on orbit, they will complete the company’s first block of satellites. The third set of WorldView Legion satellites are seen here at Maxar Space Systems’ factory in Palo Alto, California. Image credit: Maxar Space Systems. Image: Maxar Technologies

The twin spacecraft are designed to augment the company’s 30 cm-class satellite imagery capability.

There are currently four WorldView Legion satellites operating in MEO and six other satellites in a Sun-synchronous orbit.

“With 3.6 million sq. km. of 30 cm-class collection capacity per day, Maxar will continue to lead the industry by offering customers the highest image quality and geometric accuracy available on the commercial market,” Maxar Intelligence said in a statement. “In fact, no other provider will have this amount of 30 cm-class capacity available.”

Maxar makes its images available through either a Maxar Geospatial Platform (MGP) Pro subscription to access individual images or through its Vivid Advanced Baseman for “a seamless view of Earth.”