ORBIMAGE's SeaStar Fisheries Information Service is the first of its kind in the world. It uses imagery gathered from ORBIMAGE's OrbView-2 satellite to create Fish Finding Maps that display the ocean's changing surface color. These subtle variations in ocean color, stretching for hundreds of miles, indicate the boundary between phytoplankton-rich water and deep, clear-water areas where surface dwelling fish such as tuna, mackerel, and swordfish normally feed. Using the daily Fish Finding Map, a fishing vessel's search time for productive fishing areas is minimized, thereby reducing fleet costs and improving operating efficiency.

Currently, a fleet of 50 fishing vessels are receiving SeaStar Fish Finding Maps. Each day, by 6:00 a.m. local time, the Fish Finding Maps are transmitted directly to the fishing vessels' on-board personal computers via the INMARSAT global satellite communications network. Using display software provided by ORBIMAGE, the fishing vessel captain is provided with the most up- to-date imagery of the Atlantic, Pacific or Indian Oceans. In addition, ORBIMAGE's oceanographers provide recommendations for the most productive fishing areas. The maps are also available via facsimile transmission or over the Internet at http://www.orbimage.com.

The OrbView-2 satellite was launched aboard Orbital's Pegasus(R) rocket on August 1, 1997. Since it was placed into service in mid-August, the spacecraft has performed a virtually flawless mission. It is providing never- before-seen color images of the Earth's ocean and land surfaces using the on- board Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor. These images not only have commercial applications, but are being used by scientific researchers around the world to study global warming and the Earth's biosphere.

ORBIMAGE is leading Orbital's entry into the expanding market for satellite-based Earth imaging services. ORBIMAGE will employ a uniquely integrated global system of imaging satellites, ground stations and Internet- based sales channels to collect, process and distribute its imagery products. During the next several years, ORBIMAGE plans to operate a fleet of four satellites. ORBIMAGE currently operates OrbView-1, a commercial atmospheric monitoring satellite launched in 1995, and OrbView-2. Initial phases of construction for OrbView-3A, the third in ORBIMAGE's satellite family, have already begun, with an expected in-service date of approximately two years from now. OrbView-3A is designed to provide high-quality one-meter resolution and hyperspectral digital images of the Earth's land surfaces. OrbView-3B is another planned high-resolution digital imaging satellite with an in-service date yet to be determined.