Now, I just wonder how long this will take.
Good to see the Atlas doing commercial space launches again.
Quote from: Ronsmytheiii on 09/07/2010 11:01 pmGood to see the Atlas doing commercial space launches again."Commercial" by strict definition I suppose, but GeoEye is essentially working for the government. It recently won a $3.8 billion contract from the U.S. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) for satellite imagery. The contract is basically the reason for the new satellite. I wouldn't be surprised if, buried deep in the contract, were wording specifying a "U.S." launch vehicle for that satellite. - Ed Kyle
Quote from: edkyle99 on 09/14/2010 07:42 pmQuote from: Ronsmytheiii on 09/07/2010 11:01 pmGood to see the Atlas doing commercial space launches again."Commercial" by strict definition I suppose, but GeoEye is essentially working for the government. It recently won a $3.8 billion contract from the U.S. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) for satellite imagery. The contract is basically the reason for the new satellite. I wouldn't be surprised if, buried deep in the contract, were wording specifying a "U.S." launch vehicle for that satellite. - Ed KyleGeoEye sells data commercially. You can buy online.
I look at it this way, we always complain how much NRO spends on Spy Sats, and to spend that much, they must be doing it in a wasteful way. Then comes along a commercial sat does the same thing and it will lo and behold cost $3.8 billion to build, launch, and operate for ten years.Yeah guess it really does cost that much to build, launch, and operate one.
GeoEye sells data commercially. You can buy online.
Make sure you're comparing apples to apples.