About Us

2009 Presidential Inauguration, January 20, 2009, Washington D.C. National Mall

GeoEye is the premier provider of satellite and aerial imagery, geospatial information (information referenced to a specific location), geospatial products, and solutions for the national security community, strategic partners, and commercial customers helping them better map, measure and monitor the world. GeoEye's world is one seen through our Earth imaging satellites—GeoEye-1, IKONOS and OrbView-2, two mapping aircraft, and a global network of regional partners and satellite receiving ground stations. GeoEye's geospatial information supports key industries, including national intelligence, defense and security, air and marine transportation, oil and gas, environmental monitoring, on-line mapping, insurance and risk management, urban planning and emergency preparedness.

We are headquartered in Dulles, Virginia. GeoEye is publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol GEOY. Our value-added geospatial imagery processing and production capabilities are unmatched in the industry with facilities in Thornton, Colorado; St. Louis, Missouri; Norman, Oklahoma; and Mission, Kansas.

In March 2007, we formed the GeoEye Foundation whose mission is to foster the next generation of geospatial technology professionals, advance geospatial research and provide archived satellite imagery to support academic institutions and non-government humanitarian organizations.

A Look to the Future: GeoEye-1

GeoEye remains dedicated to providing next-generation solutions to our clients. One notable example is GeoEye-1, which, since its launch on Sept. 6, 2008, is the world's highest resolution and most-accurate commercial Earth-imaging satellite and is able to collect imagery with a ground resolution of 0.41 meters (about 16 inches) in black and white mode and 1.64 meters in color.

By combining the multispectral and panchromatic imagery we will be able to produce color products at an unprecedented .41 meter resolution. Due to US Government licensing, commercial customers will receive color imagery at half-meter resolution.

› For more information, visit the GeoEye-1 Launch Site.

Trusted Imagery Experts

GeoEye is the trusted source for all our customers' geospatial information needs. Our top priority is quality—delivering products backed by our in-house geospatial expertise, our extensive quality assurance practices, and our exceptional customer service. We strive to deliver the products you ordered with the specifications you requested from the beginning.

Through a broad spectrum of imagery products that include new satellite image collections, an extensive imagery archive, airborne sensors, digital elevation models, land-use classification maps and more; GeoEye's customers are able to incorporate imagery into virtually any geospatial application.

The company maintains a comprehensive Quality Management System (QMS) and company-wide ISO accreditation in all its facilities.

Strategic Partners & Subsidiaries

GeoEye recognizes the importance of nurturing partnerships and subsidiaries whose organizations share a common strategic vision for our industry. We’ve partnered with the best and the brightest in the geospatial markets to extend the value of our products and services to our customers.

MJ Harden
A wholly-owned subsidiary of GeoEye
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SPADAC Inc.
A strategic partnership for imagery analysis solutions
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Beijing Earth Observation Inc. (BEO)
An imagery products and solutions provider to the Chinese market formed in connection with GeoEye's investment in the East-Dawn Group.
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History

GeoEye was formed in January 2006 through the combination of two well-established remote-sensing companies with Virginia-based ORBIMAGE's purchase of Colorado-based Space Imaging. In early 2007, GeoEye acquired MJ Harden Associates in Mission, Kansas, enabling GeoEye to expand its offerings to include aerial imagery and specialized GIS processing services.

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