GeoEye-1 Mission

Objectives and Applications

High resolution commercial Earth-imaging satellite

Mission Summary

Full Name
GeoEye-1
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Maxar, GeoEye
Launch Date
06 Sep 2008
Mission Links
EOL Date
Sep 2025
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
681 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
1.7 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

GIS - GeoEye Imaging System

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
LandMulti-purpose imagery (land) GIS

Featured Datasets

GeoEye-1 Full Archive and Tasking
Jan-2008
GeoEye-1 is an Earth-imaging satellite that previously belonged to the DigitalGlobe constellations and was distributed by European Space Imaging (EUSI). It was designed to be the world’s highest-resolution commercial Earth-imaging satellite. It is now operated by Maxar Technologies of United States. ESA offers access to worldwide GeoEye-1 data (both archived and new acquisitions) via the TPM scheme. - Read more
GeoEye-1 ESA Archive
Jan-2008
GeoEye-1 is an Earth-imaging satellite that previously belonged to the DigitalGlobe constellations and was distributed by European Space Imaging (EUSI). It was designed to be the world’s highest-resolution commercial Earth-imaging satellite. It is now operated by Maxar Technologies of United States. The collection is composed by the copy of products requested by ESA supported projects over their areas of interest around the world. The dataset regularly grows as ESA collects new products. - Read more