[Satellite TODAY 09-11-09] GeoEye Inc. signed a contract worth $50 million to extend its service level agreement with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) through Mar. 31, 2010, the imagery company announced Sept. 10.
   The contract extension gives the NGA continued access to imagery from the GeoEye-1 and IKONOS Earth-imaging satellites.
   The company said the extension is covered under essentially the same business terms as the prior agreement. GeoEye signed its initial service level agreement in December, which would have expired Nov. 30, 2009.
   "We’ve made some improvements in the contract that are beneficial to both GeoEye and the NGA. We’re delivering millions of square kilometers of imagery to the NGA each month in support of their mission to provide timely, relevant, and accurate geospatial intelligence for national security," said Erol Morey, GeoEye’s NGA program director, in a statement.

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