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Satellite eyes crowd the skies

QuickBird is used by DigitalGlobe to produce commercial high-resolution imagery of Earth. The 10-foot-long orbiter was launched in 2001, has a 128GB hard drive and is fueled for seven years. Most recently it showed dramatic high-resolution photos of the tsunami disaster in Asia (see next page).

Credit: DigitalGlobe

QuickBird

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