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05.12.08

How It Works: The Best View From Space Yet

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By Bjorn Carey Posted 03.13.2008 at 4:51 pm 2 Comments

When the GeoEye-1 surveillance satellite comes online this spring, its advanced optics will produce more-detailed images than any commercial satellite, capturing objects as small as home plate on a baseball diamond and filling in the fuzzy spots on Google Earth.

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