- Scheduled for 8:30 a.m. EST, Thursday, March 11, 2010 -

DULLES, Va., Feb. 17 — (PRNewswire) — GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY) announced today it will host its year-end conference call and webcast for investors and analysts on Thursday, March 11, 2010 beginning at 8:30 a.m. EST. The call will include a discussion of the fourth quarter 2009 financial results, an update on the Company's operations and an outlook for Fiscal 2010.  

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The conference call will be hosted by GeoEye's senior executives, including:

• Mr. Matthew O'Connell, President and Chief Executive Officer
• Mr. Joseph (Joe) F. Greeves, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
• Mr. William Warren, Senior Vice President and General Counsel

The conference call will be webcast on the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's corporate Web site, www.geoeye.com. To directly access the live webcast go to: http://www.geoeye.com/CorpSite/corporate/investor-relations/Default.aspx and click on the "March 11, 2010 Investor Update Webcast" link. Please allow 15 minutes before the scheduled start time to register, download and install any necessary audio software. An archived webcast of the call will be available at the same URL address approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call.

If you would like to participate in the call via phone, please dial 1-631-291-4808. Domestic callers may dial toll-free at 1-877-776-4039 approximately 10 minutes prior to the start time. Questions will be accepted from phone participants during the live call after prepared remarks and as time permits.  

About GeoEye

GeoEye, Inc. is an international information services company serving government and commercial markets. The Company is recognized as one of the geospatial industry's imagery experts, delivering exceptional quality imagery products, services and solutions to customers around the world. Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, the Company has 533 employees, as of December 31, 2009, dedicated to developing best-in-class geospatial information products and services. GeoEye is a public company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol GEOY. The Company provides support to academic institutions and non-governmental organizations through the GeoEye Foundation ( http://www.geoeyefoundation.org). Additional information about GeoEye is available at www.geoeye.com.

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This release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Without limitation, the words "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "will" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future, including statements relating to growth, expected levels of expenditures and statements expressing general optimism about future operating results, are forward-looking statements. Similarly, statements that describe our business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans, intentions or goals also are forward-looking statements. All such forward-looking statements and those presented elsewhere by our management from time to time are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described in "Risk Factors" included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, which we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on April 2, 2009, and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009 and Sept. 30, 2009, which we filed with the SEC on May 12, 2009, Aug. 10, 2009 and Nov. 9, 2009, respectively. Copies of all SEC filings may be obtained from the SEC's EDGAR web site, http://www.sec.gov/, or by contacting: William L. Warren, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, at 703-480-5672.

SOURCE GeoEye, Inc.

Contact:

GeoEye, Inc. Investors, Randy Scherago, VP, Investor Relations Phone: +1-703-480-7529 Email Contact Media, Mark Brender, VP, Communications Phone: +1-703-629-5368 Email Contact both of GeoEye Web: http://www.geoeye.com