https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/science/usgs-eros-archive-declassified-data-declassified-satellite-imagery-1
Jul 13, 2018 — A collection of declassified military intelligence photographs from the CORONA, ARGON, and LANYARD satellite systems in digital format.
https://corona.cast.uark.edu/
A simple georeferencing and orthorectifying system that enables the crowdsourcing of recently declassified Corona imagery datasets. Useful for geographers ...
https://data.nasa.gov/dataset/corona-satellite-photographs-from-the-u-s-geological-survey
Mar 31, 2025 — The first generation of U.S. photo intelligence satellites collected more than 860,000 images of the Earth's surface between 1960 and 1972.Read more
https://www.space.com/12997-photos-declassified-spy-satellite-pictures.html
Jun 4, 2012 — Gambit 1 KH-7 is one of three formerly classified reconnaissance satellites that went on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.Read mor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA-224
USA-224, also known as NROL-49, is an American reconnaissance satellite. Launched in 2011 to replace the decade-old USA-161 satellite, it is the fifteenth ...Read more
https://euro-sd.com/2024/07/articles/39425/the-black-world-of-us-spy-satellites/
Jul 22, 2024 — This article peers into the murky world of US space-based intelligence gathering, charting its progress from the Cold War to the present.Read more
https://ycitynews.com/26387/news/most-sensitive-satellite-photos-ever-declassified-of-area-51-released/
Dec 31, 2024 — Some of the most sensitive American spy satellite images captured during the First Cold War of the Contiguous United States have been obtained by Y-City News.Read
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB225/index.htm
Jul 13, 2007 — U.S. national security officials were concerned about unauthorized disclosures of classified information about the U.S. satellite reconnaissance ...Read more
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020AGUFMU004...08L/abstract
by R Longhenry · 2020 — The classified military satellite systems code-named CORONA, ARGON, and LANYARD acquired photographic images from space and returned the film to Earth fo
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/195922/gambit-3-kh-8-reconnaissance-satellite/
Gambit 3 KH-8 is one of three formerly classified reconnaissance satellites on display in the Space Gallery at the National Museum of the US Air Force.Read more
https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/corona-declassified/
Feb 25, 2015 — The classified CORONA project operated during the height of the Cold War to collect pictures over the denied areas of eastern Europe and Asia.Read more
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/science/usgs-eros-archive-declassified-data-declassified-satellite-imagery-3
Jul 13, 2018 — A collection of declassified military intelligence photographs from the Keyhole (KH) satellite system KH-9 (Hexagon) in digital format.
https://www.army.mil/article/173155/project_corona_americas_first_photo_reconnaissance_satellite
Aug 11, 2016 — The Corona Project was a highly classified satellite reconnaissance program, developed and tested under an existing Air Force Weapon System 117L ...Read more
https://satelliteobservation.net/2016/07/30/history-of-the-us-reconnaissance-system-i-imagery/
Jul 30, 2016 — Digital Globe, a private company, launches the Ikonos satellite. It is the first commercial satellite to collect 0.8m resolution images. Digital ...Read more
https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1220567575-USGS_LTA.html
Images from US military intelligence satellites KH-7 and KH-9 were declassified in accordance with Executive Order 12951 in 2002.Read more
https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/network-providers/secret-spacex-satellites-are-transmitting-mysterious-signals-on-the-wrong-spectrum-a-classified-network-caught-sending-data-on-the-uplink-frequency
Oct 18, 2025 — Secret SpaceX satellites are transmitting mysterious signals on the wrong spectrum — a classified network caught sending data on the uplink ...Read more
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-106042
Dec 8, 2022 — This report includes an inventory of contracts across 10 civilian federal departments that use satellite imagery.Read more