Commercial Imaging satellite operator GeoEye of Dulles, Va., has ordered the camera for a satellite that would launch in 2011 and take the most detailed pictures available from a commercially operated spacecraft, the company announced Oct. 18. GeoEye contracted with ITT Space Systems of Rochester, N.Y., to build the Geo-Eye-2 imaging camera, which will be capable of producing color and black-and-white imagery at quarter-meter resolution — sharp enough to discern ground objects of that size and larger, GeoEye spokesman Mark Brender said. GeoEye aims to contract with a GeoEye-2 satellite platform builder in 2008 and launch the satellite approximately three years after work on that contract begins, he said.
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机译：该公司于10月18日宣布，弗吉尼亚州杜勒斯市的商业影像卫星运营商GeoEye已订购该摄像头，该卫星将在2011年发射，并从商业航天器上获取最详细的照片，该公司与ITT Space Systems纽约州罗切斯特市将制造Geo-Eye-2成像相机，该相机将能够以四分之一米的分辨率生成彩色和黑白图像-足够清晰以辨别该尺寸及更大尺寸的地面物体，GeoEye发言人Mark布兰德说。他说，GeoEye的目标是在2008年与GeoEye-2卫星平台制造商签订合同，并在该合同开始工作大约三年后发射卫星。
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