Space From Space's Historic Declassified Satellite Image Gallery allows you to step into the vantage point of Cold War intelligence analysts, exploring the world as it was seen from orbit decades ago.
Since the 1960's U.S. spy satellites have quietly orbited hundreds of miles above the Earth, capturing images that would never be seen by the public - until their declassification. Operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in partnership with the CIA and U.S. Air Force, these missions were part of an unprecedented intelligence effort during the Cold War. The goal was simple but urgent: to monitor military installations, track missile development, and keep a close watch on global hotspots.
The Historic Declassified Satellite Images Gallery showcases more than 500 interactive satellite photographs captured between 1960 to 1984, giving modern audiences a rare glimpse at the geopolitical tensions of the era. The imagery comes from four major reconnaissance programs: CORONA, ARGON, GAMBIT, and HEXAGON (nicknamed “Big Bird”), each designed for specific intelligence-gathering tasks.
Click on any image in the gallery and you’ll open an interactive map viewer. Here you can zoom in, pan across, and explore the selected image in remarkable detail - just as intelligence analysts might have done during the Cold War. The gallery of declassified images can be filtered by Satellite Variant (the four reconnaissance programs), Date Range and Location.
Space From Space’s gallery is a time machine in pixels and film grain. Whether you’re a historian, a student of geopolitics, or simply curious about the hidden chapters of the 20th century, these images offer an extraordinary window into a world once seen only from space, and only by a select few.
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