The satellite was launched on September 6, 2008 from Vandenberg Air Force Base (USA). The GeoEye-1 satellite was previously owned by GeoEye.
After the merger of GeoEye and DigitalGlobe, it is operated and owned by DigitalGlobe.
The GeoEye-1 satellite uses some of the most advanced technologies that commercial remote sensing systems have ever been equipped with. The satellite provides panchromatic images with a 0.41 m resolution and multispectral images with a 1.65 m resolution. The satellite can provide up to 350,000 km² of synthesized multispectral images per day. Such a high performance is ideal for large-scale mapping projects. The GeoEye-1 satellite features a revisit time of no more than three days for any point of the planet.
Technical Characteristics
| Modes: | Panchromatic | Multispectral |
| Spectral Range (µm): | 0,45–0,90 | blue: 0,45–0,52 green: 0,52–0,60 red: 0,625–0,795 near infrared: 0,76–0,90 |
| Spatial Resolution, m: | 0,41 | 1,65 |
| Radiometric Resolution: | 11 bits / pixel | |
| Swath Width: | 15,2 km | |
| Revisit time (40 ° N): | Less than 3 days | |
| Acquire Stereo-Pair: | Yes, from one pass | |