By Guest Columnist Chris Fernandez of PeakStocks.com
In a positive step towards the full commissioning and checkout of its latest satellite, GeoEye-1, GeoEye(GEOY Quote - Cramer on GEOY - Stock Picks) announced that GeoEye-1 has taken its first images from space and is one step closer to providing useful imagery to its customers. While this doesn't give us as investors the 100% green light, it is one more necessary and important step in ensuring that GeoEye-1 is fully operational and able to fulfill the promise of the four years it took to develop, build and launch the satellite. So with the apparent checkout inevitable, is now a good time to pick up shares of space-based and aerial imagery provider GeoEye? To find out, visit Stockpickr.com.


