 PETALING JAYA: The WorldView-2, a satellite owned by US satellite company DigitalGlobe, could be the satellite that provided Australian authorities with the images that appear to show two objects in the Indian Ocean 2500km south-west of Perth that may be related to missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The WorldView-2 was launched on Oct 8, 2009 and is among four others that the company owns. It provides imagery at a resolution of approximately 50cm and takes a new image of any place on earth every 1.1 days (1 day, 2 hours and 24 minutes). According to reports, DigitalGlobe confirmed on Friday that it provided the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) with the satellite images that were captured on March 16. "We have been informed by an Australian government official that it was our imagery Prime Minister Abbott referred to in his recent comments," the company said in a statement. The AMSA, however, has not confirmed the source of the images that might show pieces of MH370. - The Straits Times/ANN
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