YOUR SOURCE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY

About

Since 2010, View From A Star (VFAS) has been helping North American companies acquire satellite imagery for a wide range of projects, including global facility mapping, educational research, community planning, mining, asset management, surveillance, and more. VFAS is a certified Vantor reseller with a mission to provide fast, high-quality imagery, as well as exceptional service to our clients.

OUR VIEW OF THE WORLD IS EXPANDING. Enhancements in satellite imagery resolution (15cm), extended range of color bands, stereo data collection, and advancement in satellite agility and scope, mean faster image collection, higher quality and increased coverage across this vast planet of ours.

Vantor’s constellation of ‘Stars’ is made up of 11 electro-optical Earth imaging satellites, offering stunning views of our beautiful planet and imagery in unparalleled resolutions. The planned launch of Pulse and Vantage satellite programs will offer VFAS clients increased collection capacity at 30cm resolution and affordable access to the highest quality views of your imagery needs.

VFAS has extensive experience in managing both large and small satellite imaging projects. Contact us for a quote.

Your view from above, sourced and delivered in 3 easy steps

Create a KML file or shapefile (WGS40 compatible) over your Area of Interest. Or define your coordinates

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Send us your files/coordinates or image catalogue IDs to info@viewfromastar.com

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Within 12 hours we reply with what’s already in our extensive image archive, a no-obligation quote, and an estimated timeline for any new collection.

Quick Facts

Image Delivery

All imagery is delivered via secure FTP download.

 

Normal delivery time from Image Library

Less than 48 hours from time of order.

 

Normal delivery time for New Acquisition

Between 2 to 7 days in “cloud-friendly” areas.

Key to Timely Image Delivery
  1. Proactive Project Management
    Fast delivery depends on clear, continuous communication between you, VFAS, and Vantor. As your reseller, we coordinate every stage of the tasking and delivery process, keeping all three parties aligned so issues are resolved quickly and your imagery arrives on schedule. We take great pride in delivering exceptional service.

  2. Vantor’s Advanced Satellite Constellation
    Vantor operates one of the world’s most capable and reliable high-resolution imagery constellations, with up to ten satellites able to image your area of interest. More collection opportunities mean faster acquisition and less waiting on weather or scheduling.

Pricing Discounts

Incredible discounts for educational institutions. Volume discounts for all entities.

View educational discounts (PDF)

The Stars

WorldView Legion

Launch: Six satellites were launched. Legion 1 & 2 May 2024, Legion 3 & 4 August 2024, and Legion 5 & 6 February 2025.
Altitude: 617km
Sensor Bands: WorldView Legion includes one Panchromatic band and 8 Multispectral bands including Coastal Blue, Blue, Green, Yellow, Red, Red Edge1, Red Edge2 and Near-IR (NIR).
Resolution: The native GSD for Panchromatic and the 8-band Multispectral data is 34 cm and 1.36 m, at nadir to generate 30 cm-class / 15 cm High Definition (HD) products to meet various customer use cases and needs
Collection Capability: WorldView Legion satellites will triple Vantor’s 30 cm-class capacity, increasing revisitrate to up to 15 times per day over high-demand areas and enabling more than 6 million sq km per day. These six WorldView Legions will be in a mix of sun-synchronous (SSO) and mid-inclination orbits (MIO)

Worldview 3 Satellite

WorldView-1 is equipped with the state-of-the-art control moment gyros (CMGs), which provide stunning agility, rapid retargeting and efficient in-track stereo collection.

Launch: 2014
Altitude: 617 km
Sensor Bands: Panchromatic and 8-band multispectral (coastal blue, blue, green, yellow, red, red-edge, Near-IR 1, Near-IR 2) and Shortwave Infrared (SWIR)
Resolution: 0.31 meters GSD at nadir panchromatic, 1.24 meters GSD at nadir multispectral, and 3.70 meters GSD at nadir SWIR
Collection Capability: Up to 680,000 square kilometers of imagery per day

Worldview 2 Satellite

WorldView-1 is equipped with the state-of-the-art control moment gyros (CMGs), which provide stunning agility, rapid retargeting and efficient in-track stereo collection.

Launch: 2009
Altitude: 770km
Sensor Bands: Panchromatic and 8-band multispectral (coastal blue, blue, green, yellow, red, red-edge, Near-IR 1, Near-IR 2)
Resolution: 0.46 meters GSD at nadir panchromatic and 1.85 meters GSD at nadir multispectral
Collection Capability: 1,000,000 square kilometers of imagery per day

Worldview 1 Satellite

WorldView-1 is equipped with the state-of-the-art control moment gyros (CMGs), which provide stunning agility, rapid retargeting and efficient in-track stereo collection.

Launch: 2007
Altitude: 496km
Sensor Bands: Panchromatic
Resolution: 0.5 meters GSD at nadir
Collection Capability: 1,000,000 square kilometers of imagery per day

GeoEye Satellite

GeoEye-1 is able to revisit any point on Earth once every three days or sooner.

Launch: 2008
Altitude: 681km
Sensor Bands: Panchromatic and 4-band multispectral (blue, green, red, Near-IR)
Resolution: 0.41 meters GSD at nadir panchromatic 1.65 meters GSD at nadir multispectral
Collection Capability: 700,000 square kilometers of panchromatic (and up to 350,000 square kilometres of multispectral) imagery per day

Search for Imagery

We provide imagery searches at no extra cost, however, some of our clients prefer to search for imagery on their own at the following search engine link below.

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