A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a pair of Maxar Intelligence imaging satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Aug. 15.

The two Earth-imaging satellites, which lifted off at 9:00 a.m., proceed to construct out the WorldView Legion constellation for Maxar. SpaceX confirmed the deployment of one of the satellites roughly 50 minutes after launch.

The launch—SpaceX’s 79th of 2024—is the second of three launches wanted to ship the corporate’s constellation of six WorldView Legion high-resolution imaging satellites. A Falcon 9 launched the primary two on May 2 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The first photos from these satellites have been launched final month, offering protection of probably the most populated areas.

Liftoff of @Maxar 2! pic.twitter.com/FYnti1LmH7

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 15, 2024

“When all six WorldView Legion satellites are launched, it will triple Maxar Intelligence’s capacity to collect 30-centimeter-class [12 inches] and multispectral imagery,” Maxar representatives wrote in an outline of the community.

“The full Maxar constellation of 10 electro-optical satellites will image the most rapidly changing areas on Earth as frequently as every 20 to 30 minutes, from sunup to sundown,” they added.

Deployment of @Maxar’s third WorldView Legion satellite tv for pc confirmed pic.twitter.com/LLx9egqf1z

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 15, 2024

The WorldView Legion constellation will ultimately consist of electro-optical imaging satellites with a decision of 30 centimeters, used to gather imagery and map the planet. Maxar Intelligence is the U.S. authorities’s major supplier of industrial electro-optical imagery. In 2022, the corporate gained a $3.2 billion contract from the National Reconnaissance Office to produce imagery and mapping providers over a decade.

Recently, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday night time, Aug. 11, sending two satellites into orbit that may present broadband protection within the Arctic area.

The two spacecraft of the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) “are designed to expand broadband coverage to the Arctic region for the U.S. Space Force and Space Norway,” in accordance with aerospace large Northrop Grumman, which constructed the mission’s two satellites.

The ASBM satellites — which can function in a extremely elliptical orbit to achieve their protection space — carry a number of devices, “including military payloads for the U.S. and Norwegian Armed Forces, as well as a commercial payload for Viasat, and a radiation monitor for the European Commission,” Northrop Grumman wrote in its mission description.