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Satellite images past and present 🛰️

Building an archive of interactive declassified spy satellite images 🕵️

https://spacefromspace.com/declassified-satellite-images
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · Nov 20
Hi Bluesky! I'm Harry, a satellite imagery nerd covering current and past spaceflight-related events (sometimes other topics too.)

I run spacefromspace.com, a site where you can explore satellite images past and present for free.

I'll be sharing cool images and some stories along the way here! 🛰️
A very high resolution satellite image of NASA's Space Launch System rocket on Launch Complex 39B in November 2022. An Umbra synthetic aperture radar satellite image (with annotations) showing construction at China's Wenchang Space Launch Site. A very high off-nadir KH-9 HEXAGON declassified satellite image of Kennedy Space Center, Florida. A declassified CORONA spy satellite image of Baikonur Cosmodrome in 1968, including an N1 rocket standing on its launch pad.
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kennen11.bsky.social
My new article is up:
thespacereview.com/article/5093/1
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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soaratlas.bsky.social
🚨 BREAKING: new satellite image from @Vantortech reveals the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica.

The destruction is hard to comprehend.
soaratlas.com/maps/139537?...

👆 We’ve georeferenced the maps so you can compare the full impact yourself.

#HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica #EarthObservation
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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kennen11.bsky.social
My other article is up: thespacereview.com/article/5087/1
October 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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My gallery of interactive declassified spy satellite images has just crossed 600 images!

spacefromspace.com/declassified...
A declassified KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite image of a soviet missile site near Tallinn, Estonia. A declassified KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite image of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
October 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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This remarkable spy satellite image of Dublin was taken a week before Ireland began to change (very, very slowly) forever. The "Bishop and the Nightie" controversy in February 1966 was a landmark moment.
@spacefromspace.com

spacefromspace.com/declassified...

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Dublin, Ireland - Feb 19, 1966
A high resolution declassified KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite image of Dublin, Ireland from February 19, 1966.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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For those who may want to take a closer look at these targets and compare the location to current day imagery I've just uploaded the image to @soaratlas.bsky.social: soaratlas.com/maps/139467?...
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Well hello there calibration target friends.

Rough location: 37.24017311276196, -93.38428854691227
A declassified KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite image of satellite/aerial camera calibration targets at Springfield-Branson National Airport, MIssouri.
October 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Well hello there calibration target friends.

Rough location: 37.24017311276196, -93.38428854691227
A declassified KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite image of satellite/aerial camera calibration targets at Springfield-Branson National Airport, MIssouri.
October 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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@juliabergeronnsf.bsky.social reminded me of the coolest spaceflight history images out there.

The home of Roy Roberts passing NASA's iconic Vertical Assembly Building while being relocated from it's original location which is now within Kennedy Space Center.
A black and white picture from the 1960s showing a two storey house being towed past NASA's Vertical Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center while being relocated.
October 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Two GAMBIT images in progress 🛰️
A screenshot of a KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite image overlaid on a Google Satellite basemap inside of QGIS. Ground Control Points (GCPs) shown as red dots are scattered across the image. A screenshot of a KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite image overlaid on a Google Satellite basemap inside of QGIS. Ground Control Points (GCPs) shown as red dots are scattered across the image.
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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An absolutely incredible image of the International Space Station taken by a *satellite* also in orbit by heospace.com & blacksky.com
An absolutely incredible image of the International Space Station taken by a satellite also in orbit by heospace.com & blacksky.com. Earth can be seen in the background with clouds visible.
October 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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A few days ago, an old service tower at Baikonur Cosmodrome's Launch Complex 45 was demolished.

The tower was previously used to tend to Zenit vehicles before launch.

This Umbra SAR satellite image shows the demolished tower, as well as the remaining tower next to it.

See video in replies 🔽
A black and white Umbra synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite image of Site 45 at Baikonur Cosmodrome showing the demolished service tower as well as the intact service tower. A black and white Umbra synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite image of Site 45 at Baikonur Cosmodrome showing the demolished service tower.
October 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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This article is another great example of using CIA Photographic Intelligence Reports (PIRs) to filter through the millions of CORONA, GAMBIT, and HEXAGON scenes and find something notable (in this case, R-16 ICBMs).

thespacereview.com/article/5082/1
A comparison image showing a page from a CIA Photographic Intelligence Report (PIR) on the left, which is low quality spy satellite image. On the right is a higher quality image of the same capture. A comparison image showing a page from a CIA Photographic Intelligence Report (PIR) on the left, which is low quality spy satellite image. On the right is a higher quality image of the same capture.
October 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
spacefromspace.com
This article is another great example of using CIA Photographic Intelligence Reports (PIRs) to filter through the millions of CORONA, GAMBIT, and HEXAGON scenes and find something notable (in this case, R-16 ICBMs).

thespacereview.com/article/5082/1
A comparison image showing a page from a CIA Photographic Intelligence Report (PIR) on the left, which is low quality spy satellite image. On the right is a higher quality image of the same capture. A comparison image showing a page from a CIA Photographic Intelligence Report (PIR) on the left, which is low quality spy satellite image. On the right is a higher quality image of the same capture.
October 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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The Vantor company (formerly Maxar) used one of their Worldview satellites to capture a picture of the NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) satellite in orbit. The large radar reflector (12 meters or 38 feet wide) has a mesh surface that appears gold and the solar panels on […]

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Satellite in the black of space. The main satellite has a large cubic shape, with solar panels extending out on two sides. There is a long boom extending up from the satellite holding the 12-meter wide circular radar reflector structure that has a smooth surface mesh.
October 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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kennen11.bsky.social
My new article is up:
thespacereview.com/article/5079/1
October 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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soaratlas.bsky.social
A fantastic new high res satellite capture of the Space Coast launch pads from @spacefromspace.com 🚀

🔎 Zoom, pan around, and see all the detail from this massive map: soaratlas.com/maps/139319
October 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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A satellite image of the launch pad at Chabahar Space Base, Iran, taken by Pleiades NEO on September 24, 2025.

@soaratlas.bsky.social soaratlas.com/maps/139324?...

@armscontrolwonk.bsky.social may be of interest to you
A screenshot of https://soaratlas.com/maps/139324 showing a very high resolution satellite image of the launch pad at Chabahar Space Base, Iran.
October 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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After a long wait due to unfortunate cloud cover, we finally have a new high resolution satellite capture of most of the Space Coast launch pads.

These captures are possible thanks to my Patreon supporters! www.patreon.com/c/spacefroms...

See the thread below for close ups:
A screenshot of soaratlas.com with a satellite picture of Cape Canaveral
October 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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kennen11.bsky.social
And this article, with Harry Stranger:
thespacereview.com/article/5075/1
October 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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It was a lovely day on the Space Coast today. Stay tuned for something more detailed in the morning (Space Coast time)
A Sentinel-2 satellite image of Florida's Space Coast (Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center) taken on October 13, 2025.
October 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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soaratlas.bsky.social
Can you believe how much Shanghai has changed since 1966?

Map👉 : soaratlas.com/maps/asia-sh...
October 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I forgot I had this packed away after moving earlier this year
A picture of Reader's Digest Atlas of the World, 1990 print
October 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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People who share satellite imagery while knowingly breaking the licence because 'i don't care' are the ones who ruin it for the rest of us.

It's hard enough to get usable imagery as it is.
October 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Umbra: How much resolution would you like?
Me: All of it.
UMBRA-09: I gotchu.

True story.

(25cm, 3-looks)
An Umbra SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite capture of Launch Complex 39A taken on October 7, 2025. An Umbra SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite capture of Launch Complex 39A taken on October 7, 2025. A close up view of the area being expanded for Starship operations.
October 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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kennen11.bsky.social
I will have two articles in this week's Space Review. This is the topic of one of them, with Harry Stranger.
October 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM