Update: Satellite to be Rerouted in James Kim Search
Wow. Mountains moved.
Greg Sandoval writes on C|Net News:
A commercial satellite-imagery company said Tuesday it is rerouting one of its satellites to fly over the Oregon wilderness where rescue crews search for CNET editor James Kim.More here.
GeoEye's Ikonos satellite will fly over the Western seaboard at about 10:30 a.m. PT Wednesday at a distance from the Earth of about 423 miles, said Mark Bender, a spokesman for the Dulles, Va.-based GeoEye. The satellite could record images of an area as large as 2,000 square kilometers.
The cameras on the Ikonos could once boast the world's highest resolution, able to get a bead on objects 39 inches wide.
posted by Fergie @ 12/05/2006 09:44:00 PM
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