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    Google-focused satellite enters orbit

    Google-focused satellite enters orbit

    The GeoEye-1 satellite that launched into orbit Saturday is on a mission from Google.

    Well, not just Google. The GeoEye-1 is part of the NextView program of the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a dot-mil organization that, odd as it may seem, wants access to commercial satellite imagery to support its national security mission. GeoEye, the company, won its $500 million NextView contract four years ago.

    But the search titan does have the exclusive rights among online mapping sites to the GeoEye-1 images, which it will use in its Google Earth and Google Maps offerings. It even got its corporate logo emblazoned on the launch rocket, right below Boeing's.
    Google-focused satellite enters orbit | News - Digital Media - CNET News
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    I remember some chat had sprung up in a topic here about Google launching a satellite into outer space, but never thought that would become true so soon...

    Anyway, as evidenced by the article's comments, some are not be comfortable with the idea of being able to be watched clearly from 680km away.
    "I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."
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