10 Years ago today, DigitalGlobe launched the QuickBird satellite -2400 pounds of high-resolution technology!

QuickBird uses Ball Aerospace’s Global Imaging System 2000 (BGIS 2000)[1] that collects the fourth highest resolution commercial imagery of Earth after WorldView-1, WorldView-2 and GeoEye-1 and boasts the largest image size and the greatest on-board storage capacity of any satellite. The satellite collects panchromatic (black & white) imagery at 60-70 centimeter resolution and multispectral imagery at 2.4- and 2.8-meter resolutions.

At this resolution, detail such as buildings and other infrastructure are easily visible. However, this resolution is insufficient for working with smaller objects such as a license plate on a car. The imagery can be imported into remote sensing image processing software, as well as into GIS packages for analysis. The imagery can also be used as a backdrop for mapping applications, such as Google Earth and Google Maps.

• Launch Date: October 18, 2001
• Launch Window: 1851-1906 GMT (1451-1506 EDT)
• Launch Vehicle: Delta II
• Launch Site: SLC-2W, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
• USAF Designation: Quickbird 2

More specifications in his wikipedia page and a pdf presentation from DigitalGlobe.

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