The Direct Access Facility (DAF) - European Space Imaging's WordlView receiving and processing center - is located at the DLR (German Aerospace Center) facility in Oberpfaffenhofen, 20 km West of Munich. The DLR is Germany´s national research center for aeronautics and space and as European Space Imaging’s technology partner, DLR staff operates the WorldView ground station.
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European Space Imaging’s DAF has the capability to plan image collections, task the satellite, receive images directly from the WorldView satellites, and process all final imagery products in-house. Thus, European Space Imaging has the full control over where and when to collect in Europe allowing quick and flexible decision making. The ground station’s system takes into account local real-time weather data to optimize the collection success and allow for immediate changes in tasking. These changes can occur up to a few minutes prior to the imaging overpass and could also include additional last-minute orders. The images are downlinked basically at the same moment that they are collected, and due to a fast subsequent processing, the final image products can be ready for shipment to the customer within 30 minutes after collection.
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The antenna is located on the builing indicated in this WorldView-2 50cm color image.
