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Date And Time

GeoEye-1 successfully launched September 6, 2008 at exactly 11:50:57 a.m. (Pacific Time).

Location

GeoEye-1 was launched aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II launch vehicle, procured from Boeing Launch Services, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on September 6, 2008. Vandenberg is located approximately three hours north of Los Angeles. The closest airport is Santa Barbara. To learn more about Vandenberg Air Force Base, click here.

Launch Vehicle

The Delta II has performed flawlessly since May 1997, amassing its 82 consecutive successful launch string by accurately deploying spacecraft for military, NASA and commercial users, including the Global Positioning System satellites, the twin Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the Spitzer Space Telescope, COSMO-SkyMed (Italy), and the Mercury-bound MESSENGER orbiter. In the rocket's 137 flights overall since debuting in 1989, 135 of those launches have been successful.