Two BAE Systems RAD750 radiation-hardened single-board computers are managing the command and control functions onboard the WorldView-1 satellite, launched September 18th aboard a Delta II rocket. WorldView-1 was built by Ball Aerospace and is owned and operated by DigitalGlobe in Colorado. WorldView-1 is part of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s NextView program, which will provide high-resolution images of Earth. NextView is a new generation of imaging satellites capable of collecting geospatial intelligence in support of national security.
The first satellite in the NextView program, WorldView-1 will collect, store, and downlink more frequently updated imagery than any other commercial imaging satellite in orbit. RAD750 is a licensed radiation-hardened version of the IBM PowerPC 750. A third-generation microprocessor with almost 10 times the performance of current space processors, RAD750 is the follow-on to BAE Systems’ highly successful and space-proven RAD6000™ family of processors. WorldView-1 is the 10th satellite now operational in space with RAD750s in control—Manassas, Virginia
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