[Launch Alert] GeoEye-1 Launch Now Sept. 6

[Brian Webb]

                              LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                         kd6nrp at earthlink.net
                     http://www.spacearchive.info
		       
                             2008 September 4 (Thursday) 17:34 PDT
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                     GEOEYE-1 LAUNCH NOW SEPT. 6

Sept. 4, 2008 - Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced that the commercial launch
of the GeoEye-1 earth-imaging satellite is scheduled for Sept. 6
aboard a Delta II rocket.
The launch will take place from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg
Air Force Base, Calif., with a launch window of 84 seconds opening at
11:50:57 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.

GeoEye-1, owned by GeoEye, Inc., (Nasdaq:GEOY) of Dulles, Va., will
have the highest resolution of any commercial imaging system capable
of collecting images with a ground resolution of 0.41-meters or 16
inches in the panchromatic or black and white mode, and multispectral
(color) imagery at 1.65-meter ground resolution. The satellite was
built by General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems.
Boeing Launch Services procured the launch vehicle and associated
support services from United Launch Alliance. A Delta II 7420-10
configuration launch vehicle is expected to deploy the GeoEye-1
spacecraft approximately 58 minutes after liftoff.


Boeing will broadcast the launch throughout the continental United
States at:
Satellite:  AMC-1 C17
Orbital Location: 103 Degrees West 
Uplink Frequency: 6265 MHz Vertical
Downlink Frequency: 4040 MHz Horizontal
Audio: 6.2 and 6.8

The broadcast begins at 11:00 a.m., PDT with bars and tone and ends
about 1:00 p.m.

A one-hour test signal will be broadcast Sept. 5 from VAFB beginning
at 1:00 p.m.

Boeing will web cast the launch at:
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bls/missions/335/

Viewers may also access the live web cast at: www.geoeye.com or
http://launch.geoeye.com

Adapted from a Boeing media advisory

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