DigitalGlobe Successfully Launches WorldView-2 High-Resolution Satellite

with 46 Centimeter Resolution

HitachiSoft to offer expanded services using satellite image data

as Master Distributor in Japan

TOKYO, October 9, 2009 - HitachiSoft today announced that DigitalGlobe Inc. of the US had successfully launched the WorldView-2 high-resolution satellite with 46 cm resolution on October 8 (Pacific Standard Time), with the satellite reaching its target orbit in space. HitachiSoft holds exclusive marketing rights in Japan for DigitalGlobe products including high-resolution image data that DigitalGlobe collects from earth observation satellites. Under the Master Distributor agreement, HitachiSoft markets satellite image data and builds systems that use satellite image data. HitachiSoft will begin offering services using image data collected from the WorldView-2 satellite in January 2010.

HitachiSoft has been offering services using high-resolution satellite image data since 2001 and has established a strong track record building many systems that use satellite image data. The successful launch of the WorldView-2 satellite enables HitachiSoft to offer a significantly larger volume of satellite image data, which will open up even more applications for corporations to use the imagery in their business.

About the WorldView-2 Satellite

The WorldView-2 satellite expands on the typical four band1 (blue, green, red and near-infrared 1) capabilities of the QuickBird satellite, by carrying multi-spectral sensors that detect four new color bands (coastal, yellow, red edge and near-infrared 2) for a total of eight bands. These eight bands enable to enhance multispectral analysis than is achieved with typical four band images.

For example, the coastal band supported by the WorldView-2 satellite enables to support bathymetric studies based upon its chlorophyll and water penetration characteristics, while the red edge band can be used to view the health of vegetation. These additional bands will have various uses including for map creation and updating, agricultural and forestry investigation, environmental investigation, and disaster prevention and relief. Once the WorldView-2 satellite begins operating in addition to the existing QuickBird and WorldView-1 satellites, DigitalGlobe will have the capability to collect imagery containing two million square kilometers per day, equivalent to roughly five times the land area of Japan. The addition of the WorldView-2 satellite will also expand the scope of image archives and increase the frequency of updating images.

1Refers to the spectral bands used in images.

With the successful launch of the WorldView-2 satellite, HitachiSoft will endeavor to provide customers with an even broader range of imagery services and expanded provision of archive images.

Information about WorldView-2 satellite

http://hitachisoft.jp/products/hgiis/worldview2/ (Japanese only)

HitachiSoft satellite image data services

http://hitachisoft.jp/products/hgiis/ (Japanese only)

About DigitalGlobe

DigitalGlobe Inc. is a leading global provider of high-resolution satellite imagery for commercial use, with an image library containing more than 730 million square kilometers of imagery.

http://www.digitalglobe.com

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