The image of Kutztown University in the state of Pennsylvania, USA is the first to launch the new GeoEye-1 commercial photography satellite, which is equipped with the highest resolution imaging systems available in commercial satellites of its type and which is operated in partnership with Google, and feeds the Google Earth service
The image of Kutztown University in the state of Pennsylvania, USA is the first to launch the new GeoEye-1 commercial photography satellite, which is equipped with the highest resolution photography systems available in commercial satellites of its type and which is operated in partnership with Google, and feeds the Google Earth service.
The satellite was launched on September 8 this year from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. General Dynamics, the manufacturer of the satellite, says that the cost of building and launching GeoEye-1 is about half a billion dollars.
The satellite, weighing 1955 kg, photographed the site on October 7th when it passed in orbit from the North Pole to the South Pole at an altitude of about 675 km above the Earth at a speed of about 27,200 km/h. The satellite is able to provide images with a maximum separation of up to 41 cm.
whose shape is reminiscent of a dish and its size is about ninety centimeters, are returned to the secondary mirror [B] which is about thirty centimeters in size, and are transferred through the central opening to the third mirror [C] which focuses the image and transfers it to the camera [D]."]![The light rays hit the main mirror [A], which is shaped like a cake and is about ninety centimeters in size, are returned to the secondary mirror [B], which is about thirty centimeters in size, and are passed through the central opening to the third mirror [C] which focuses the image and transfers it to the camera [D].](https://www.hayadan.org.il/images/content2/space/geoeye_parts.JPG "The light rays hit the main mirror [A], which is shaped like a cake and is about ninety centimeters in size, are returned to the secondary mirror [B], which is about thirty centimeters in size, and are passed through the central opening to the third mirror [C] which focuses the image and transfers it to the camera [D].")
Google has signed an exclusivity agreement with the satellite imaging company GeoEye for the use of the GeoEye-1 satellite photos and due to legal requirements it will be forced to reduce the resolution to 50 cm per pixel, but even this resolution is better than the one used by competing services for Google Earth.
See the expansion on the GeoEye-1 satellite in the article: "The clearest view from space"
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