WorldView-3

{{Infobox spaceflight|auto=all

| name = WorldView-3

| mission_type = Earth observation

| operator = DigitalGlobe

| website = http://worldview3.digitalglobe.com

| COSPAR_ID = 2014-048A

| SATCAT = 40115

| mission_duration = Planned: 7.25 years
Elapsed: {{time interval|13 August 2014 18:30:30|show=ymd|sep=,}}

| spacecraft_bus = BCP-5000{{cite web |url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/worldview-2.htm |title=WorldView 2, 3 (WV 2, 3) |work=Gunter's Space Page |access-date=13 October 2016}}

| manufacturer = Ball Aerospace

| dry_mass =

| launch_mass = {{convert|2800|kg|abbr=on}}

| power = 3100 watts

| launch_date = {{start-date|13 August 2014, 18:30:30}} UTC{{cite web |url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt |title=Launch Log |first=Jonathan |last=McDowell |work=Jonathan's Space Page |access-date=6 July 2014}}

| launch_rocket = Atlas V 401, AV-047

| launch_site = Vandenberg SLC-3E

| launch_contractor = Lockheed Martin{{\}}United Launch Alliance

| disposal_type =

| deactivated =

| last_contact =

| decay_date =

| orbit_epoch = 25 January 2015, 05:15:06 UTC{{cite web |url=http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=40115 |title=WORLDVIEW-3 (WV-3) Satellite details 2014-048A NORAD 40115 |publisher=N2YO |date=25 January 2015 |access-date=25 January 2015}}

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Sun-synchronous

| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|619|km|mi|sp=us}}

| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|622|km|mi|sp=us}}

| orbit_inclination = 97.97 degrees

| orbit_period = 96.98 minutes

| apsis = gee

| programme = DigitalGlobe fleet

| previous_mission = WorldView-2

| next_mission = WorldView-4

}}

WorldView-3 (WV 3) is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe. It was launched on 13 August 2014 to become DigitalGlobe's sixth satellite in orbit, joining Ikonos which was launched in 1999, QuickBird in 2001, WorldView-1 in 2007, GeoEye-1 in 2008, and WorldView-2 in 2009. WorldView-3 provides commercially available panchromatic imagery of {{convert|0.31|m|in|abbr=on}} resolution, eight-band multispectral imagery with {{convert|1.24|m|ftin|abbr=on}} resolution, shortwave infrared imagery at {{convert|3.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} resolution, and CAVIS (Clouds, Aerosols, Vapors, Ice, and Snow) data at {{convert|30|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} resolution.{{cite web |url=https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/v-w-x-y-z/worldview-3 |title=WorldView-3 (WV-3) |work=eoPortal |publisher=European Space Agency |access-date=13 August 2014}}