Lockheed Martin, the builder of IKONOS, has been selected as the builder of the satellite platform over General Dynamics the builder of GeoEye-1.
GeoEye-1 |
In the early twenty-first century GeoEye was headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.
It was rescheduled for launch August 22, 2008 from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Delta II launch vehicle.