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GeoEye-1 Launch Delayed By Hurricane(s), Teams Up for Exclusive Deal With Google
After almost a year of delays, it looks as if we are going to have to wait a little bit longer for the launch of GeoEye-1.
GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a provider of space-based and aerial imagery and geospatial information, announced today after the market closed, that the launch of GeoEye-1 has been further delayed due to Hurricane Hanna, and could quite possibly be delayed further depending on the outlook for the other storms that are now churning in the Atlantic Ocean.
This all comes after GeoEye confirmed on Friday August 29, 2008 that the final checks have been made and that all systems were a go for the September 4th, 2008 launch of GeoEye-1, which will now be delayed to no EARLIER than September 7th.
However, I wouldn’t hold my breath for that launch date yet, especially with the uncertainty in the upcoming named storms that are on a general path for the east coast of the US.
There was one bit of good news in all of this however.
GeoEye announced a deal with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to provide images from GeoEye-1 exclusively to Google for Google Earth and Google Maps.
