GeoEye is the premier provider of geospatial information, imagery and solutions for the national security community, strategic partners, resellers and commercial customers to help them better map, measure and monitor the world. The company operates two Earth-imaging satellites, IKONOS and OrbView-2, two mapping aircraft, possesses an international network of regional satellite receiving ground stations and has advanced geospatial imagery processing capabilities.

GeoEye is also a leader in advanced image processing and photogrammetry. GeoEye produces a broad spectrum of imagery products from its own satellites and airborne sensors such as fused images, digital elevation models (DEMs), land-use classification maps and other image-derived products that enable our clients to incorporate imagery into virtually any geospatial application.

Key customers include the Department of Defense and intelligence community, strategic business partners, U.S and international resellers and commercial customers. Satellite and aerial imagery are important tools for our customers to better map, measure and monitor specific areas of interest around the globe. Our imagery and value-added products serve the growing demand for highly detailed imagery in applications supporting national security, homeland defense, mapping, oil and gas, mining, environmental monitoring, insurance and risk management, urban planning, and emergency preparedness. As of October 2007, the satellite imagery archive consists of more than 300 million square kilometers of the Earth’s surface.  To search GeoEye’s image archive, click here.

The Company plans to launch its next-generation Earth imaging satellite, GeoEye-1 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California in late first quarter or early second quarter 2008. The satellite is being built by General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems in Gilbert, Ariz.  When operational, GeoEye-1 will be the world's highest resolution and most accurate commercial Earth-imaging satellite with a ground resolution of 0.41-meters or about 16 inches. From a 425 mile-high orbit, the satellite will be able to discern an object the size of home plate on a baseball diamond and map the location of home plate to within 3 meters of its true location on the surface of the Earth. The 4,200-pound satellite will provide customers with multispectral (color) imagery as well as panchromatic imagery.

The Company expanded into aerial imagery in March 2007, with the purchase of MJ Harden from General Electric Company. MJ Harden, based in Mission, KS, is now a wholly owned subsidiary that operates the two aircraft that carry a digital mapping camera (DMC) and a sophisticated LiDAR imaging system to create highly accurate elevation models.

In March 2007, the Company formed the GeoEye Foundation to advance research in geospatial technologies and provide archive satellite imagery to support student research projects at universities. The Foundation also provides satellite imagery to support non-governmental organizations in their missions of humanitarian support. For more information about the Foundation send an email to info@geoeyefoundation.org.

GeoEye is a public company listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the symbol GEOY. GeoEye is headquartered in Dulles, Virginia and has facilities in Thornton, Colorado (outside of Denver); St. Louis, Missouri; Mission, Kansas (outside of Kansas City); and Norman, Oklahoma.