Harry Stranger

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Satellite images past and present 🛰️ Building an archive of interactive declassified spy satellite images 🕵️ https://spacefromspace.com

A black and white off-angle satellite image of Norfolk, Virginia, USA, from July 21, 1978.
A black and white photograph of the Corona (KH-1) Payload.
A black and white satellite photo showing multiple Turkish ships landing on the shores of Kyrenia, Cyprus on July 20, 1974.
A synthetic aperture radar satellite image of First Launchpad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.
A black and white satellite image of Yizhou, Xinjiang, China
A screenshot of https://spacefromspace.com/declassified-satellite-images/north-korea-19650823/
KH-1, 5, 1% KH-2, 6, 1% KH-3, 4, 0% KH-4, 10, 1% KH-4A, 47, 5% KH-4B, 37, 4% KH-5, 12, 1% KH-6, 1, 0% KH-7, 458, 53% KH-9, 247, 29% KH-9 Mapping, 34, 4%
A satellite image of the cleanup process at Blue Origin's LC-36 at Cape Canaveral.
A black and white synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite animation showing a glimmering launch complex at Cape Canaveral.
A modern satellite view of North Korea with 1965 black and white satellite photos layered on top.
A black and white satellite photograph of a launch pad construction site.
A black and white synthetic aperture radar satellite image of Space Launch Complex 6, Vandenberg.
A modern satellite view of North Korea with 1965 black and white satellite photos layered of the top.
A screenshot of the Soar Atlas 3D viewer showing a satellite image of La Paz, Bolivia over a terrain model.
A black and white satellite image of a runway with bombing craters around the area.
A black and white declassified KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite image of Tan Son Nhut airport in now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, taken on November 4, 1972. The airfield is littered with US aircraft.
A series of black and white satellite images of the limb of the Earth with China's Shandong Peninsula in the foreground
A black and white satellite image of Taiwan from 1976. Some clouds are present.
A satellite image with a red arrow drawn over roads to annotate a possible path.
A true color satellite image of a rocket launch complex after the massive explosion of a rocket on the ground. Scorch marks can be seen fading into the surrounding greenery.
A black and white SAR image of a rocket launch complex.
A black and white SAR image of a rocket launch complex.
A black and white SAR image of a rocket launch complex.
A black and white SAR image of a rocket launch complex following a large rocket explosion. Debris shows up across the complex as 'confetti'
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A black and white satellite image showing a plane, likely a fighter jet, taking off from a runway with its shadow below.
A video comparing a 1965 satellite image of Lowry AFB, Colorado, to the current Google imagery of the area.
BCS 39739-65 -TOP SECRET- - GAMBIT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION TEAM REPORT NO. 4022/65 A grainy black and white photograph. ~-GAMBIT PHOTOGRAPH 5 36 Approved for Release: 2018/09/11 C051 03025
A black and white GIF showing four planes taxiing to the end of a runway and JFK airport from a KH-9 satellite in 1980.
A black and white gif showing two KH-9 HEXAGON frames of two Concordes at JFK Airport. One of the Concordes is static at the gate, the other is seen taxiing.
A sccreenshot of https://spacefromspace.com/spaceport-images/cape-canaveral-20260520/ Cape Canaveral satellite DATE 2026-05-20 SATELLITE SkySat-C6 PROVIDER Planet
A black and white declassified spy satellite image of Kaechon Air Base, North Korea. Multiple aircraft are visible on the ground.
A KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite image of Mt St Helens on June 30 1980.
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A black and white satellite image showing a desert landscape with the lines of many dirt roads and scores of craters littering the landscape.
A comparison of two black and white satellite images from 1965 and 1966. The images show the expansion of Ngurah Rai International Airport on Bali, Indonesia. The 1966 image shows an extra runway and work to expand the runways over the ocean.
A screenshot of the "SpaceFromSpace" website, titled "Declassified Satellite Images." The top section features a black-and-white satellite header image of an airfield. Below, a gallery shows four thumbnail previews of declassified spy satellite photos from the 1960s, including locations like Lop Nur, China; Hotan, China; Mawlamyine, Myanmar; and Tiksi, Russia. A sidebar on the left provides search filters for satellite variants, sort order, date range, and location.
A black and white declassified KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite image of Hotan, China. The streets of the city appear to be speckled with people.
A screenshot of the linked page showing a black and white KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite image over North Sinai, Egypt.
A black and white declassified KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite photograph of what appears to be a half sunken ship and a floating crane on the Suez Canal. What appear to be craters are visible on the banks of the canal.
A black and white declassified KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite image of a N1 rocket on its launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
A screenshot of https://spacefromspace.com/declassified-satellite-images/baikonur-cosmodrome-kazakhstan-19740119-d3c1207400486a006/ showing a full georeferenced black and white KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite scene over a Google Maps Hybrid map of Kazakhstan.
A black and white declassified KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite image of a N1 rocket on its launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
A black and white declassified KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite image of the area outside of the Forbidden City. Groups of people can be seen gathered outside.
A screenshot of a georeferenced KH_1 CORONA spy satellite image over a Google Hybrid basemap layer.
A black and white declassified KH-1 CORONA spy satellite frame over Iran.
A true colour satellite image of Ajka, Hungary. A large rusty coloured flow of chemicals can be seen trailing through the image after a large toxic spill occured.
A black and white declassified KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite image of a large oil fire burning with a large black smoke trail during the Iran-Iraq War.
A true colour high off nadir satellite image of Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center with a Falcon Heavy rocket in flight above it.
An optical satellite image of Blue Origin's 2CAT facility in Florida with a hole in its roof following an 'eventful' propellant tank test
A screenshot of https://spacefromspace.com/declassified-satellite-images/ireland-19740415-dzb1208-500026l003001/ showing a mosaiced KH-9 HEXAGON mapping camera satellite image of Ireland from 1974 over a Google Hybrid basemap.
A screenshot of a black and white KH-9 HEXAGON mapping camera satellite image mosaic over a google satellite basemap of Ireland.
A screenshot of a satellite image showing the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on April 25 2010 on Soar Atlas https://soaratlas.com/maps/141333
A screenshot of https://spacefromspace.com/spaceport-images/cape-canaveral-20260418/
A black and white KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite photo of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Russia taken on January 22, 1966
A black and white gif made of multiple satellite images showing a Starlink satellite tumbling.
A screenshot of a Google Maps interface showing Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala. The right side features a top-down satellite view of the volcano's peak. The rugged terrain shows deep, radiating ravines filled with grey volcanic deposits cutting through the surrounding dark green forested slopes. The peak casts a large, dark shadow to the northwest, and a vertical seam is visible down the middle of the map view where two satellite image tiles with slightly different exposures have been stitched together.
A balck and white KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite image of Uka Airfield, surrounding buildings and a large antenna used for spaceflight tracking located in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, captured on October 16, 1966.
A black and white synthetic aperture radar satellite image of Blue Origin's 2CAT facility. The roof, usually a consistent texture, has an anomaly in the center, where it was damaged by a rupturing tank during testing.
A blue sky with some light cloud and a half-ish moon in the middle