GeoEye Inc <GEOY.O> on Thursday said
it will provide imagery from its new $502 million
high-resolution GeoEye-1 satellite to Google <GOOG.O> Earth and
Google Maps after the spacecraft is launched on September 4.
Tuesday, 1 Jul 2008 | Source: The Associated Press
The Pentagon will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials.