Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation is a leading provider of aerospace equipment. They specialize in the design and development of precision imagery and attitude control. Ball Aerospace and DigitalGlobe have worked together since the mid-1990s and Ball has been a key partner in meeting the growing demand for Earth imaging and improving the geospatial information market. Thanks to the success of QuickBird, launched in 2001, images as small as 2 feet can be identified. For this reason, the two companies merged their technologies and began working on higher resolution capabilities in the aerospace industry. This is how WorldView 1 and WorldView 2 were designed and built. They were launched in 2007 and 2009 respectively and are currently in low Earth orbit. Once again, DigitalGlobe will be the customer for an additional WorldView (3), which was awarded to Ball Aerospace and ITT in August 2010 and expectations of the satellite are much greater than those of the previous two WorldView spacecraft (De Selding , 2010).Ball is currently in the production phase of WorldView 3, with a planned launch date of 2014-2015. Once completed, it will have the highest resolution camera on a remote sensing satellite in the commercial sector. WorldView 3 is expected to provide DigitalGlobe with higher resolution images much faster than WorldView 1 or 2. This can be largely attributed to emerging technology and changes to the two previous WorldView satellite designs. With minimal design changes, WorldView 3 can provide imagery to multiple government and commercial clients to assist in areas such as: national defense, land mapping, and natural relief. After the launch of WorldView 1 in 2007, it...... middle of paper ......e imaging and also for national defense purposes. The impact of the three WorldView satellites has been phenomenal for satellite technologies around the world. Aerial Earth Views have made great efforts to provide customers with fast and clear images. WorldView 1 and 2 were able to provide commercial companies and government with new technology capable of capturing images very close to the ground and with high resolution. The demand for high resolution images is so great; DigitalGlobe is already in preliminary discussions about adding a fourth satellite (WorldView 4) to its constellation. The remote sensing spacecraft industry will continue to be an emerging technology in the years to come. I would venture to say that the aerospace industry in general could also be considered an emerging technology as competition in the industry continues to grow..