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Satellite images past and present (mostly related to the space industry) 🛰️ 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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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 7h
Thanks team!
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 1d
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.
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 2d
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.
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Dwayne Day @kennen11.bsky.social · 4d
I will have two articles in this week's Space Review. This is the topic of one of them, with Harry Stranger.
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Mark Stout, Ph.D. in History, Miskatonic University @markstout.bsky.social · 8d
Should be a great event for those interested in researching Cold War intelligence. Speakers are @deselv.bsky.social of the Institute for Historical Scholarship at Humboldt University in Berlin; Gary Keeley former historian at CIA; and Mark Kramer, director of the Cold War Studies Project at Harvard.
Soviet-Bloc and US Intelligence Operations During the Cold War
Join Douglas Selvage, expert on East German State Security files, historian Gary Keeley, and Mark Kramer for a discussion of Cold War archives that offer valuable resources for students and scholars a...
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 7d
Jeddah has changed a lot since 1966

Full map on @soaratlas.bsky.social: soaratlas.com/maps/139176?...
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 8d
Thinking about this a lot.

Basically the equivalent of Twitter moving to 'X'. Throwing away so much brand recognition for what?
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SpaceNews @spacenewsinc.bsky.social · 8d
Maxar retires its name, rebrands as Vantor and Lanteris

The Maxar name is disappearing from the space industry as two successor companies emerge with distinct identities: Maxar Intelligence will now operate as Vantor, and Maxar Space Systems will go by Lanteris
Maxar retires its name, rebrands as Vantor and Lanteris
The Maxar name is disappearing from the space industry as two successor companies emerge with distinct identities: Maxar Intelligence will now operate as Vantor, and Maxar Space Systems will go by Lanteris
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 8d
Fancy new branding, same unfriendly user licensing 🫣
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 9d
They've even managed to avoid alerting my dogs the past few months. Wild
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 9d
Here are two comparisons of the site taken by CORONA spy satellites on September 15, 1964 and June 28, 1968.
A comparison image of the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan taken by CORONA spy satellites on September 15, 1964 and June 28, 1968 after a nuclear explosion was used to stop a gas leak in 1965. The before image shows an untouched landscape with a river winding through it. The after image shows a large crater filled with water and a large lake next to it. A comparison image of the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan taken by CORONA spy satellites on September 15, 1964 and June 28, 1968 after a nuclear explosion was used to stop a gas leak in 1965. The before image shows an untouched landscape with a river winding through it. The after image shows a large crater filled with water and a large lake next to it. A wider view than the previous image.
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 9d
Here are two comparisons of the site taken by CORONA spy satellites on September 15, 1964 and June 28, 1968.
A comparison image of the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan taken by CORONA spy satellites on September 15, 1964 and June 28, 1968 after a nuclear explosion was used to stop a gas leak in 1965. The before image shows an untouched landscape with a river winding through it. The after image shows a large crater filled with water and a large lake next to it. A comparison image of the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan taken by CORONA spy satellites on September 15, 1964 and June 28, 1968 after a nuclear explosion was used to stop a gas leak in 1965. The before image shows an untouched landscape with a river winding through it. The after image shows a large crater filled with water and a large lake next to it. A wider view than the previous image.
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 10d
Including some really cool declassified spy satellite pictures
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Dwayne Day @kennen11.bsky.social · 10d
My new article is up:
thespacereview.com/article/5066/1
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 11d
A few of the recent additions to spacefromspace.com/declassified...

Gdansk, Poland
Yichang, China
Wuhan, China
Omsk, Russia
A black and white declassified spy satellite photo of Gdansk, Poland. A black and white declassified spy satellite photo of Yichang, China. A black and white declassified spy satellite photo of Wuhan, China. A black and white declassified spy satellite photo of Omsk, Russia.
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 11d
Enjoy!
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 13d
Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan, captured by a KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite on October 5, 1984.

soar.earth/maps/139124?...
A black and white declassified KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite photo of Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan on October 5, 1984. A black and white declassified KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite photo of Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan on October 5, 1984. A black and white declassified KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite photo of Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan on October 5, 1984. A black and white declassified KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite photo of Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan on October 5, 1984.
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 14d
A 9 year timelapse showing the southern portion of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and the build of large industrial facilities from Blue Origin and SpaceX (among other things!)

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Soar @soaratlas.bsky.social · 15d
🚀Today we launched Soar 6.3, here’s what’s new at www.SoarAtlas.com

🗺️ A 'Recommended Maps' feed tailored to you
🌏 'Similar maps' suggestions while you browse
🔎 'Recently viewed maps' remembers everything you’ve explored
📎 A redesigned map info panel
🙆‍♂️ Followers now easy to manage in the dashboard
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 15d
Taken 61 years ago today, this declassified image of Baikonur Cosmodrome was the first capture from a KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite to show construction for the soviet N1 rocket's launch complex.

Full resolution copy on @soar.earth: soar.earth/maps/53026
A black and white declassified KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite picture of Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on September 24, 1964. A black and white declassified KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite picture of Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on September 24, 1964. The image shows the beginning of the N1 processing building under construction A black and white declassified KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite picture of Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on September 24, 1964. The image shows the beginning of the N1 launch pad under construction
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Dwayne Day @kennen11.bsky.social · 16d
My new article is up: thespacereview.com/article/5064/1
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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 17d
Stunning oblique satellite 🛰️ image of #Paris from BlackSky.

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High-res oblique satellite view of the Eiffel Tower and central Paris, France.
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 21d
Thanks! That's a good reference to have. Also a link to the original blog via the amazing @archive.org

web.archive.org/web/20160317...
From a bird, from a plane, from a … satellite? | Seeing a better world™
Mount Fuji has been the subject of untold millions of photographs, but this view captured by DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite is truly unique. When the
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 22d
Wenchang Space Launch Site in China has seen a lot of work in the past three months.

Sentinel-2 GIF via @soar.earth: soar.earth/maps/139067
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 22d
Exactly why I started the interactive declassified spy satellite image gallery

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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 22d
Button with text “be the library you want to see in the world”
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 23d
If anyone out there with GIS coding experience is interested in helping build and/or improve QGIS plugins, please let me know!

#gischat
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Harry Stranger @spacefromspace.com · 23d
The full image is now up on @soar.earth: soar.earth/maps/139045?...
A screenshot of a black and white declassified KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite image of Egypt taken on July 22, 1980, on Soar (https://soar.earth/maps/139045?basemap=Satellite)
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