Orbimage Holdings Inc. announced June 29 that its Orbimage Inc. subsidiary signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. to supply high-resolution global satellite image data for MSN Virtual Earth, a component of MSN Search.

Under the five-year agreement, Orbimage will allow Microsoft to incorporate Orbimage’s global library of satellite images into MSN Virtual Earth. Microsoft also will have an exclusive source of updated imagery that Orbimage will produce with its Orbview-2 and Orbview-3 satellites, as well as with new satellites Orbimage plans to place into service in the next 18 to 24 months.