CANOGA PARK, Calif., Aug. 29 CA-Pratt&Whit-Satlite
CANOGA PARK, Calif., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company, will help
scientists map, measure and monitor the environment by boosting the
next-generation GeoEye-1 commercial satellite into orbit from Vandenberg Air
Force Base on Sept. 4. GeoEye-1 will be onboard a United Launch Alliance Delta
II rocket, procured by Boeing Launch Services, which will be powered by Pratt
& Whitney Rocketdyne's RS-27A engine. It will be the 224th flight boosted by
the RS-27 family of engines.
GeoEye-1 will have .41-meter resolution (in the panchromatic mode), which
is the highest resolution of any commercial imaging system in the world. The
satellite is designed to map natural and man-made features to within three
meters of their actual location on Earth without ground control points. This
degree of accuracy has never been achieved in a commercial image system, and
may be applied to everything from national and homeland security, to natural
resource and environmental monitoring.
"We're proud to be part of this cutting-edge technology that will
ultimately change the way we view Earth," said Elizabeth Jones, RS-27 program
manager, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. "Our goal is 100 percent mission success
and providing the best-quality product to our customers. The bonus with
GeoEye-1 is the knowledge that we are helping scientists monitor and take care
of our planet and natural resources."
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc., a part of Pratt & Whitney, is a
preferred provider of high-value propulsion, power, energy and innovative
system solutions used in a wide variety of government and commercial
applications, including the main engines for the space shuttle, Atlas and
Delta launch vehicles, missile defense systems and advanced hypersonic
engines.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service
of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines.
United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company
providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and
building industries.
Bryan Kidder Carri Karuhn
Pratt & Whitney RocketdynePratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
818 586-2213 818 586-4963
bryan.kidder@pwr.utc.com carri.karuhn@pwr.utc.com
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