Breaking: Satellite For Google Earth Blasts Off In Californi

September 7, 2008

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CA — A Delta 2 rocket carrying the GeoEye satellite lifted off at 11:50 a.m. PDT this day. The imaging satellite will provide mapping exclusively to Google. The Google logo is seen on the logo of the rocket in this photo taken this morning. The video we’ve posted is an unedited animation provided by GeoEye of the satellite and the means by which it scans…