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By Emma Brown / The Bulletin
May 2, 2010
J. Robert Porter Jr., founder of what was once one of the largest satellite imaging companies in the United States, died April 23 at his home in Washington of Parkinson’s disease. He was 75.
In 1969, Porter began Earth Satellite Corp., or EarthSat, which sold information and maps gleaned from....
