This full 17 image mosaic of North Korea from 1965 is now live and fully browsable: spacefromspace.com/declassified...

You know how they say you shouldn't have favourite children..? This is only due to KH-7 images being the easiest to process (and favouritism)

The newest satellite capture to monitor activity at Cape Canaveral is now live: spacefromspace.com/spaceport-im... Captured at 2026-07-02 13:10:29 UTC. These expensive orders are funded with the help of the community. You can help too! www.patreon.com/c/spacefroms...

I've been busy with some projects lately so I haven't had much time for declassified imagery. So here's an Umbra SAR video of cleanup operations at LC-36 the other day.

My new article with Harry Stranger is now online: www.thespacereview.com/article/5254/1

During the Cold War, the United States used satellites to monitor how many F-14 Tomcats remained in the Iranian air force. You can read about it in the next article from Harry Stranger and myself in this week's The Space Review.

My next article with Harry Stranger is about this topic. Satellite reconnaissance of Iranian F-14 Tomcats during the Cold War.

View Sentinel and Landsat satellite imagery in 3D with just a click of a button. Annotate and record video tours to share online. All inside your browser👉: soaratlas.com/satellites What do you think? Where would you explore in 3D?

My new article with Harry is up. It is about ships stranded in the Suez Canal in 1967. Photographed by reconnaissance satellites. History rhymes. thespacereview.com/article/5249/1

My next article with Harry Stranger in next week's Space Review will be about these ships--1973 and 2026. They have something in common.

A destroyed Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg seen in SAR via @umbra.space. At least the hills around the complex still provide some beauty. Full image: spacefromspace.com/spaceport-im...

It's a lot of georeferencing but should be cool when it's done! About halfway through right now. Images taken August 23, 1965.

You can find the three KH-7 frames of Madison mentioned in the article here: spacefromspace.com/search/?q=ma...

The article Harry and I wrote is now online: thespacereview.com/article/5245/1

You can now view any of the 1,300+ satellite images I've uploaded to Soar in 3D! soaratlas.com/profile/spac... Map in the image: soaratlas.com/3D?mapId=140...

NARA stacks years ago looking at their storage of old spy satellite film.

This will be a fun one

44 years ago today (June 13) a KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite flew over the Falkland Islands during the Falklands War. The satellite captured the cratered runway at Port Stanley and the burning ship Sir Galahad. Links in reply.

This is going to be awesome. Once this product is released we'll be able to view all of the historical images on my site in 3D! You can actually see of them in the trailer 👀

Who wants to count all of the aircraft? Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Ho Chi Minh City (then Saigon), Vietnam captured by a KH-9 HEXAGON satellite on November 4, 1972. spacefromspace.com/declassified...

The mailing list is now live! If you'd like to sign up for a quick monthly update just visit the bottom of any page on spacefromspace.com (Let's hope it works)

I'm working on putting together a mailing list for spacefromspace.com for those who are interested in getting quick monthly updates on the site. Stay tuned!

An animated sequence of images taken by a KH-4A CORONA spy satellite horizon camera. The images were taken on August 23, 1965, during mission 1023 as the satellite flew southeast over North Korea. China's Shandong Peninsula is clearly seen.

On-orbit images keep improving, here a Chinese Long March 3B rocket body, imaged by Vantor WorldView Legion satellite from 88 km away. Source: Vantor (ex Maxar) on the other site

A mosaic of two KH-9 HEXAGON mapping camera images over Taiwan from January 12, 1976. Full image: spacefromspace.com/declassified...

Taken today, this Planet satellite imagery gives us the first full optical overview of Blue Origin's LC-36 follow the New Glenn explosion a few days ago. Full image with before/after comparison: spacefromspace.com/spaceport-im...

The first high resolution satellite imagery of Blue Origin's Launch Complex 36 following the New Glenn explosion is here. A 35cm/pixel @umbra.space SAR image taken 2026-05-30 15:02:11 UTC. Full: spacefromspace.com/spaceport-im... See below for before/after comparisons

I've added a new submission form on my site where users can request new declassified satellite images to be added to the archive, including a paid option to help cover scanning costs and keep the site running. spacefromspace.com/declassified...

Woof. I'm just trying to watch LOTR and you do this. SAR and optical satellites have been tasked as it looks like the launch pad will be a mess.

Bushehr, Iran - September 14, 1977 Can anyone identify the aircraft? soaratlas.com/maps/141637?...

I have two articles online this week. This is about the people who processed the film from reconnaissance satellites during the Cold War. thespacereview.com/article/5227/1

Sometimes I lay awake at night thinking about all of the unscanned KH-7 scenes

Satellite calibration targets at Lowry AFB, Colorado in a Performance Evaluation Team report and the actual image taken October 3, 1965. Full image: spacefromspace.com/declassified... The report: www.nro.gov/Portals/135/...

Stereo frames from a KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite show two Concordes at JFK Airport, New York on December 5, 1980. Since there's a delay between the two frames, one of the Concordes can be seen taxiing.

The newest satellite capture to monitor activity at Cape Canaveral is now live on my site spacefromspace.com/spaceport-im... Captured at 2026-05-20 20:14:51 UTC.

Some of these things are not like the others Kaechon, North Korea - April 24, 1966 spacefromspace.com/declassified...

I don't consider myself to be much of a writer, but I recently put together this article covering nuclear test sites of the world and how they were observed by U.S. optical spy satellites during the Cold War. spacefromspace.com/blog/declass...

Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980. Just over a month later on June 30, a KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite imaged the volcano with colour film, revealing the aftermath in high resolution detail from orbit. spacefromspace.com/declassified...

Someone forgot to compress the file (me)

A tease of some images that will be making their way to the archive soon.

KH-7 spy satellites captured the expansion of Ngurah Rai International Airport, located on the island of Bali, Indonesia, between May 1965 and July 1966. Both full images can be found at spacefromspace.com/search/?q=bali

My new article is up: thespacereview.com/article/5220/1

My interactive declassified satellite image gallery now contains over 800 entries from all over the world. spacefromspace.com/declassified... Some recent additions include the Lop Nur Nuclear Test Site in China and Tiksi, Russia.

A busy day on the streets of Hotan, China, April 24, 1966. Full image: spacefromspace.com/declassified...

Suez Canal, about 7km south of Port Said & Port Said itself. June 14, 1974, imaged by a KH-9 HEXAGON. Full image currently uploading.

The full image is now online: spacefromspace.com/declassified... Two more to go.

Wow, a newly scanned KH-9 HEXAGON image shows a detailed view of fifth, final, and unlaunched soviet N1 rocket on the launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on January 19, 1974. I'll work to get the full scene up on my site for easy viewing asap.

A declassified KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite image shows groups of people outside of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China on March 12, 1973. Full image: spacefromspace.com/declassified...

An early CORONA frame currently in the works. It should be online soon.

An EO-1 satellite image showing the aftermath of the Ajka alumina plant accident (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajka_al...) on Oct 9, 2010. Not my usual work but continuing to dig through the EO-1 data from time to time. Full image on @soaratlas.bsky.social soaratlas.com/maps/141433?...