Vandenberg Air Force Base, California was the site of a Delta II rocket launch that a variety of companies were involved with, including: ULA (a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin), GeoEye, Google, NASA, and General Dynamics (the builders of the satellite). This satellite named GeoEye-1 (GeoEye-2 is scheduled to be launched in 2011). This satellite will travel at 4.5 mps in space taking much higher resolution pictures than that available today. Although Google Earth will have exclusive rights to these photographs the public will not see such clear or close images for privacy reasons. The government will have access to these pictures and be able to see objects as small as sixteen inches in width from above.
You can visit geoeye.com for media and more information.
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