Google sponsored satellite transmitted to Earth the first pictures

In the Internet the first photograph, taken GeoEye-1 satellite, which is sponsored by Google. This tells AFP.

Located at an altitude of 681 kilometers above the Earth, the satellite did color photographs campus of the University Kutstauna (Kutztown University) in high definition. A picture was taken on Tuesday, the seventh of October. According to the company GeoEye, which deals with the operation and maintenance of the satellite, optical apparatus currently undergoing calibration. Upon completion of this process, GeoEye-1 will be able to get clear color photographs of higher resolution.

The spacecraft was launched on September sixth on the U.S. military base in California. The cost of vehicle is more than 500 million dollars.

The main client companies GeoEye is the U.S. government. In addition, the exclusive right to commercial use of images owned by Google, which is the main sponsor of the project. For security reasons, pictures, which will receive the American government, a higher quality than those that will offer its users Google. Despite this limitation, as new photos will be markedly higher than that of today's Google Maps and Google Earth.