GeoEye Inc. / GEOY
A satellite image of the Washington D.C. mall taken from 423 miles in space. (Photo: Courtesy of company.)
About GeoEye Inc.
21700 Atlantic Blvd., Dulles, Va. 20166
www.geoeye.com
| 703-480-7500
| Founded: 1992
Industry: Aerospace And Defense | Category: Top 100 Companies
GeoEye is a leading operator of commercial imaging satellites, with customers including the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and online mapping search engines. Last year, GeoEye bought M.J. Harden Associates, a provider of digital aerial imagery. It established the GeoEye Foundation to provide satellite imagery to educational institutions to advance research in geographic information systems and environmental studies. And it invested in Spadac, a McLean firm specializing in geospatial intelligence and predictive analytics.
2007 Financial Data
Total employees: 415 | Local employees: 155Company Leadership
| James A. Abrahamson | Chairman |
| Joseph M. Ahearn | Director |
| Martin C. Faga | Director |
| Michael F. Horn | Director |
| Lawrence A. Hough | Director |
| Roberta E. Lenczowski | Director |
| Matthew M. O'Connell | Chief Executive Officer, President and Director |
| James Simon Jr. | Director |
| William W. Sprague | Director |
Source: Compensation data provided by Equilar, Inc..
Did You Know
SHARPER IMAGE: Within months, the company hopes to launch a new, super-high-resolution satellite, GeoEye-1, which it says will be able to see and map home plate in Nationals Park within nine feet of its true location from its orbit 425 miles in space.
