GeoEye Satellite Captures First Images

[JMcEntegart]

GeoEye-1, the world's highest resolution commercial satellite has sent back it's first images since launching in early September.

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[Pei-chen]

The section regarding military use of GeoEye-1 is intended to throw off people. KH-13 class spy satellites are estimated to have a resolution of 0.10 to 0.04 meters; that's 16 to 100 times the resolution of GeoEye-1's military spec. resolution.

I do suppose GeoEye-1 is cheaper to operate though.