NOAA Pre-Event aerial imagery from January this year captured the Artemis II SLS rocket on the pad at LC-39B. spacefromspace.com/spaceport-im...

Just had a delivery.. I wonder what it could be... (coming soon)

The latest high resolution satellite capture of the Space Coast launch pads is now online after a bit of a delay! spacefromspace.com/spaceport-im... These expensive images couldn't be captured without the help of my Patreon supporters www.patreon.com/c/spacefroms...

A pretty cool perspective of Chicago from a KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite taken on July 22, 1972.

Cairo West - Sept 22, 1966 spacefromspace.com/declassified...

I completely forgot to mention that I quietly launched a SpaceFromSpace shop a few weeks ago which contains some goodies and spy satellite image prints! shop.spacefromspace.com It's minimal for now but will grow over time 🛰️ It's also another way to support the website

Not the first time I've seen something like this but it's always interesting Northeast corner of this image: spacefromspace.com/declassified...

KH-7 images have the ability to scratch itches I didn't know existed. This image of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan for example is incredible.

Orthorectified imagery is the devil (in most cases)

The Runit Dome and a crater from the Redwing Lacrosse test at Runit Island of Enewetak Atoll. Taken by a KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite on 1984-02-05. I'll get to work on getting the full image online now

My new article is up. It is about Ukraine's attack on a space tracking station and the history of that large facility during the Cold War: thespacereview.com/article/5155/1

As I'm migrating media from my old site to the new one I found an unpublished blog from 2024 about the commercial satellite imagery industry and its problems. I never had the guts to publish it and might just delete it 😅 Even if I published it the companies wouldn't take note anyway

The new spacefromspace.com site (surprise!) seems to be up and running smoothly. I wanted to bring a more simple and easy to use flow to access the images and I hope this provides that. Please take a look around! Some things still need tweaking and adding but it's mostly there.

I am so tired of fragile little men starting wars. I am so tired of fragile little men making policy decisions that harm us all. I am so tired of fragile little men doing horrendous harm to children and expecting us all to forget about it. I am so tired of fragile little men with their tantrums.

A newer KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite scan of Area 35 at Sary Shagan, Kazakhstan from June 12, 1967. spacefromspace.com/declassified...

I just published a new update post for my Patreon supporters who help keep spacefromspace.com online as well as help funding new satellite image captures. www.patreon.com/posts/late-f... If supporting this effort interests you please consider signing up for sharing! 🛰️

I've been wanting to get some spy satellite images printed for a while now and just got this one of Baku, Azerbaijan from 1966 done. It's really nice to see it in a physical format. Stay tuned for more like this

This 1966 map of Burgan Oil Field, Kuwait shows sparse infrastructure around the world’s 2nd‑largest sandstone oil field. Today the same area is a hub of energy infrastructure, producing ~1.5M bbl/day: soaratlas.com/maps/140700 #BurganOil #Kuwait #OilFields #MiddleEast

Look at that growth!😨 Tabriz, Iran has spread significantly in recent years. This satellite image from 1967 shows the regions urban expansion compared to today: tinyurl.com/kutkc8x9 #Tabriz #Iran #Satellite

I'm doing my best to try and be patient buuut not doing a very good job at it

Two of the recent additions to the declassified satellite image gallery. Cape Town, South Africa - June 17, 1979 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - May 30, 1982 spacefromspace.com/declassified...

I've fixed a few more issues so the map should be running smoother now. I'll keep an eye on things as I add more images to the site and see how well the auto-update functions.

I've fixed a few issues with the map based search as well as adding a button to views stats and a share button.

Inspired by @spacefromspace.com's beautiful off nadir KH-7 shots of the Matochkin Shar test site, today's Landsat image overlayed on ArcticDEM. (Porter, Claire, et al., 2023, 'ArcticDEM, Version 4.1', doi.org/10.7910/DVN/..., Harvard Dataverse. Distributed by OpenTopography.. Accessed 2026-02-19)

spacefromspace.com/declassified... is now home to over 700 georeferenced spy satellite images of locations all over the world taken between 1960 and 1984! I've also published a new, very experimental, map view search method for all images available on the website: spacefromspace.com/declassified...

A little preview of something to come shortly

Now those are epic imaging skills

Soon my entire archive of georeferenced declassified spy satellite images will be viewable in 3D 🤓

I've just added three KH-7 images of the Matochkin Shar Nuclear Test Site to the declassified imagery gallery. These shots are gorgeous. There's something about film and snowy landscapes. October 4, 1965: spacefromspace.com/declassified... May 26, 1967: spacefromspace.com/declassified... cont.

Oh and this one is also up on the site now along with a bunch of other new additions: spacefromspace.com/declassified...

I finally added the other two newer Greenland scans to my site Kangerlussuaq / Sondrestrom, March 24, 1966: spacefromspace.com/declassified... Pituffik Space Base / Thule Air Base, March 21, 1969: spacefromspace.com/declassified...

Imagine opening any map, and instantly seeing it in 3D! Soon on soaratlas.com over 1,000,000+ maps will be explorable as a 3D model. Check out the teaser below. This is going to be a game changer. 🚀

Some previews of an image I'm working on at the moment

Finally cancelled my Adobe subscription! Nothing beats the speed of Photoshop, but Affinity is great and worth the money savings.

The full image is now up. Pituffik Space Base / Thule Air Base, Greenland as captured by a KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite on August 17, 1976. spacefromspace.com/declassified...

A preview of an upcoming addition to the archive 👀

I always enjoy checking airports for activity in old satellite images but seeing something like this makes it even more fun. soaratlas.com/maps/140615?...

Two recent additions to the declassified spy satellite image archive and a preview of an image that will be added shortly. spacefromspace.com/declassified...

Yogyakarta, Indonesia - 1966 vs today! Direct Map Link: tinyurl.com/3ref3847 #Yogyakarta #Jogja #JogjaIstimewa #YogyakartaIndonesia

My next article in The Space Review will be about the space tracking and communications facility at Yevpatoriya, Crimea. Here is a map showing a summer 1957 U-2 reconnaissance flight around the Black Sea. Yevpatoriya is at dead center, and did not become interesting to US intelligence until 1961.

Two newly scanned declassified spy satellite images of Vozdvizhenka Airbase 1. Taken by a KH-7 GAMBIT on 1967-02-03: soaratlas.com/maps/140575?... 2. Taken by a KH-9 HEXAGON on 1977-08-18: soaratlas.com/maps/140577?...

It's time for another monthly satellite imagery update of the launch sites at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral including SLS on the launch pad and multiple pads under construction. View on @soaratlas.bsky.social: soaratlas.com/maps/140560

Wuhan, China 1965: tinyurl.com/3582vwkr

Can you believe this is even the same area? Yining, China in 1967! Direct map link: tinyurl.com/bdeszv5s

The full static image is now on @soaratlas.bsky.social: soaratlas.com/maps/140487

I tasked the UMBRA-10 satellite over LC-39B to capture SLS on the pad. The capture lasted 33 seconds (2026-01-20 04:20:43 - 4:21:16 UTC) so here it is turned into a short video.

One more added to the pile. Vandenberg SFB on December 12, 2025.

After being distracted by other tasks for a few weeks, I'm finally processing my scan @umbra.space SAR images and uploading them for all to enjoy. They uploading to @soaratlas.bsky.social now soaratlas.com/profile/spac... And will be embedded on my site soon spacefromspace.com/satellite-im...

🚀This incredible satellite image shows NASA’s SLS rocket rolling out to Launch Complex 39. The full map can be explored here: tinyurl.com/mr2u387k Credit to Harry Stranger for this amazing find! #SLS #NASA #Space #RocketLaunch #Satellite #LaunchComplex39