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by Raphael 4076 days ago
Satellite photography appears in Google Maps, so rockets are needed at some point.
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ElijahLynn 4076 days ago
Actually, they already launched a GeoEye-1 satellite on September 6, 2008 at 11:50:57 a.m. PDT.

"Google, which has its logo on the side of the rocket, has exclusive online mapping use of its data."

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoEye-1

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