NGA To Contribute $337 Million to GeoEye's Next Earth Observation Satellite

摘要

Earth observation imagery and services provider GeoEye expects its planned GeoEye-2 satellite to cost up to $800 million, or 60 percent more than the Geo-Eye-1 satellite now in orbit, but company officials said Aug. 10 that the newer craft, while offering virtually the same imaging clarity as its predecessor, will have better agility for faster reaction time.rnOf this amount, the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) will be contributing some $337 million as part of a new, 10-year agreement called EnhancedView, which NGA announced Aug. 6 and which takes effect Sept. 1.