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		gonzo on June 4, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The DOD had two "better-than-Hubble" space telesco... Google owns a satellite service, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole,_Inc) why shouldn't Facebook and Apple?

dasmoth on June 5, 2012 [–]

Keyhole wrote the predecessor to the Google Earth software, but while it's a great name for an imagery company, they don't run satellites themselves.

Google did pay for a half share in GeoEye-1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoEye-1) and have exclusive commercial access.

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