Message posted by Tangolima on October 06, 2010 at 16:17:13 PST:
That does seem to be the case as this snippet from a 07 Jan 10 document on their web site confirms: "The GeoEye satellites are licensed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which is a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Given that satellite images could reveal sensitive information from the point of view of national security, NOAA has the right to pull them, however, it has not done so to date. But Mark Brender, the head of GeoEye does not feel that NOAA would be able to successfully shutter the cameras on the GeoEye satellites, stating: In the event that NOAA does cancel service for GeoEye, the news media can contest it as a First Amendment issue, … , because space is non-sovereign. This prohibits “shutter control” by the government. Thus GeoEye stands to serve non-government information services well into the future."
In Reply to: Re: Joerg I have a Geoeye question posted by Joey on October 06, 2010 at 15:11:07 PST:
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