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Map accurate, high-resolution imagery from IKONOS is used to develop up-to-date maps for military users, support intelligence activities, military planning and operations, damage assessments, public diplomacy and humanitarian assistance.
"Space Imaging is proud to have an operational role in ensuring that our national and homeland security interests are served through the reliable supply of IKONOS satellite imagery, geospatial products and services," said Robert Dalal, Space Imaging's CEO. "We are looking forward to executing this award to our customer's total satisfaction and to next year's ClearView option competition."
In January 2003 Space Imaging was awarded the largest ClearView contract of the three major U.S. commercial high-resolution satellite companies. The first three years of the five-year contract period had a minimum value to Space Imaging of $120 million.
About Space Imaging
Space Imaging is the premier provider of satellite imagery enabling businesses, governments and individuals to better map, measure, monitor and manage the world in which we live. Based near Denver, Colo., Space Imaging radically transformed the Earth information market when in 1999 it launched IKONOS, the world's first commercial high-resolution imaging satellite. Today, Space Imaging's products are the cornerstone of the remote-sensing industry. The company supplies the highest quality, most accurate, visual information about the planet's changing natural and cultural features. Space Imaging's customer-centric business lines include imagery from satellites, geospatial solutions for the defense and intelligence community, and direct access to its satellites for corporations and governments. It is a privately held company with partners, resellers and 14 affiliate ground stations around the world. Space Imaging is a member of the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation. For more information on products and services, please visit www.spaceimaging.com.
CONTACT: Gary Napier of Space Imaging, +1-303-254-2106,
Email Contact; or Amy Shanks of LeGrand Hart, +1-303-298-8470,
ext. 273,
Email Contact, for Space Imaging
Web site: http://www.spaceimaging.com/
