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BOULDER- — Earlier this month, Longmont-based DigitalGlobe captured an image from one of its satellites of the behemoth cruise ship Costa Concordia, lolled on its side in the ocean after running aground off the coast of Giglio, Italy.
In December, the company released an image of China’s first aircraft carrier performing trials in the Yellow Sea.
The release of both images — and the thousands more that don’t make the news but are critical to DigitalGlobe’s clients — are the work of the company’s Analysis Center, which was formed one year ago.
Of course, DigitalGlobe has been aiming its cameras at interesting phenomena on Earth since its first satellite, QuickBird, launched in October 2001.
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