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[Source: Satellite imaging corporation ]

WorldView-1, DigitalGlobe’s earth imaging satellite, completed a successful launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S.A., at 11:35 Hrs Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on September 18th, 2007. The Delta II rocket lifted off in good weather and the WorldView-1 satellite is « currently undergoing a calibration and check-out period, » according to DigitalGlobe. The first panchromatic image data should become available before October 18th, 2007.

The high-capacity, panchromatic imaging system features half-meter resolution imagery. Operating at an altitude of 496 kilometers, WorldView-1 will have an average revisit time of 1.7 days and will be capable of collecting up to 750,000 square kilometers (290,000 square miles) per day of half-meter imagery. The satellite will also be equipped with state-of-the-art geo-location accuracy capabilities and will exhibit stunning agility with rapid targeting and efficient in-track stereo collection.

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Source: Directions Magazine

This past week, Nokia offered to buy NAVTEQ for $8.1 billion, nearly 14 times NAVTEQ’s 2006 earnings of $581 million. NAVTEQ acquired Traffic.com earlier in the year for $177 million. In July, TomTom offered $2.5 billion for Tele Atlas, a 32% premium over the stock price at the time. Pitney Bowes acquired MapInfo in March for $408 million, or approximately 2.5 times MapInfo’s 2006 fiscal revenues of $165.5 million. In August 2006, Intergraph was acquired by a private equity group for $1.3 billion, approximately 2.3 times 2005 revenue. In 2002, Microsoft acquired Vicinity for $96 million and in 2004, Google acquired Keyhole but the financial details were not disclosed. And, back in 1999, AOL bought MapQuest for $1.1 billion in stock. Read the rest of this entry »

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