Saturday, September 06, 2008
Breaking News: Satellite to Gather Exclusive Images for Google Earth Blasts off in California...Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Launch
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CA -- A Delta 2 rocket carrying a GeoEye satellite lifted off at 11:50 a.m. PDT today. The imaging satellite will provide mapping exclusively to Google. The Google logo is seen on the logo of the rocket in the photo taken this morning. (See below.)
Reuters reports that Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were on hand for the launch.
The video we have posted is an unedited animation from the GeoEye corporate Web site. It shows the blastoff of the rocket and the operation of the satellite.
For a report on the satellite and its mission, check out this story by Steven Shankland over at CNET News.com published last week.
Here is the company's press release on the launch.
Photo taken this morning of the rocket by Carleton Bailie, The Boeing Company/GeoEye
-- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer
Disclaimer: GeoEye is a public relations client of Plesser Holland
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I saw this a day or two ago on zollotech.com on wednesday I think.
Hopefully Google plans to use this satellite for important issues like the visually showing the impact of Global Warming...... versus using it to see inside my neighbor's backyard.
Good article about the satellite gathering images for Google Earth! I like to use the satellite images from Google to find my way around unfamiliar territory.
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