This image provided by Vandenberg Air Force Base shows the successful launch of a Delta II, carrying the GeoEye-1 satellite, rocket from Space Launch Complex-2 Saturday Sept. 6, 2008 at Vandenberg Air Force base in Calif. The satellite makers say GeoEye-1 has the highest resolution of any commercial imaging system. It can collect images from orbit with enough detail to show home plate on a baseball diamond. (AP Photo/Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Nathaniel Prost)"The satellite will orbit 423 miles up and circle the Earth more than a dozen times a day. In a single day, it can collect color images of an area the size of New Mexico, or a black-and-white image the size of Texas."
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