Geospatial intelligence satellite

From Yenra

On December 10, 2008, GeoEye announced it finalized a multi-million dollar contract modification with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

GeoEye will provide satellite imagery products to the NGA under this agreement beginning with the start of commercial operations of its GeoEye-1 satellite. GeoEye-1 is undergoing final calibration and alignments. GeoEye expects to start selling GeoEye-1 products soon. The SLA also includes imagery from the company's IKONOS satellite.

This contract, together with GeoEye's recent modifications to its business model for international commercial affiliates, will enable the company to be much more operationally responsive in meeting the imagery requirements of the NGA through its NextView program. The program is designed to ensure that the NGA has access to commercial imagery in support of its mission to provide timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of national security.