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Space Imaging Names Mark Kling as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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DENVER—Space Imaging, the world’s leading provider of Earth imagery and related services to commercial and government markets,announced today the appointment of Mark A. Kling as vice president, general counsel and secretary. Kling’s appointment is effective immediately.

Kling joins Space Imaging with over 20 years of corporate legal experience. He has negotiated transactions andmanaged litigation in more than 20 states and countries in Europe, South America, Asia and Africa. Kling’s private practice and commercial legal expertiseencompasses a variety of specialized disciplines including strategic transactions, mergers and acquisitions; information technology; intellectual property; securities compliance; commercial litigation; risk management; insurance and employment law.

Prior to joining Space Imaging, Kling worked forQwest Communications where he managed commercial, corporate, intellectual property and real estate litigation. Before that he was associate general counsel for Telseon, Inc. where he handled strategic transactions and prior to that was general attorney for Cyprus Amax Minerals Company responsible for international transactions and complex litigation.

Kling holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Northern Colorado and a Juris Doctor from the College of Law at the University of Denver where he served as an adjunct professor for their International Law program.

Bob Dalal, Space Imaging’s chief executive officer said, “Space Imaging is a global brand with regional affiliate locations located in a dozen countries. We will benefit from Mark’s diverse international law experience, and I will rely on his strategic management skills to maintain Space Imaging‘s leadership role as the premier international provider of high-quality imagery, systems and solutions.”

About Space Imaging
Space Imaging is the premier provider of satellite imagery enabling businesses, governments and individuals to better map, measure, monitor and manage the world in which we live. Based near Denver, Colo., Space Imaging radically transformed the Earth information market when in 1999 it launched IKONOS, the world's first commercial high-resolution imaging satellite. Today, Space Imaging's products are the cornerstone of the remote-sensing industry. The company supplies the highest quality, most accurate, visual information about the planet's changing natural and cultural features. Space Imaging's customer-centric business lines include imagery from satellites and aircraft, decision-support geospatial solutions, and direct access to its satellites for corporations and governments. With 2003 revenues exceeding $200 million, Space Imaging is a privately held company with partners, resellers and 12 affiliate ground stations around the world. For more information on products and services, please visit www.spaceimaging.com.

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