The 4,300-pound satellite collected the image at noon EDT on Oct. 7 while moving from the north pole to the south pole in a 423-mile-high orbit at 17,000 miles per hour, or 4.5 miles per second.
Google is GeoEye's second major partner.
The GeoEye-1 will provide imagery to the NGA at the maximum resolution of 43 centimeters, Google will only receive images at a 50-centimeter resolution because of a government restriction,
A second satellite, GeoEye-2, slated to launch in 2011 or 2012, will have a resolution of 25-centimeter, company representatives promised. However, Google's satellite imagery will not likely get more detailed because of the 50-centimeter regulation.
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