Articles & Blogs

Various articles written about satellite imagery that intersect with spaceflight, or anything else that crosses my mind.

External Articles

External articles that mention SpaceFromSpace and/or contain relevant information.

Satellite reconnaissance and the Falklands War

by Dwayne A. Day

Using declassified KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite images to view scenes of the Falklands War in 1982.

HEXAGON vs. Kirov: American satellite reconnaissance and the Soviet Union’s most powerful warship

by Dwayne A. Day

Using declassified KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite images to track the construction of Soviet warships, and more.

Carriers from space (part 2): Contemporary use of satellite imagery for open source intelligence

by Dwayne A. Day

Part 2 of Dwayne's previous article on using satellite images to observe and track aircraft carriers, this time with more modern imaging satellites.

Carriers from space (part 1)

by Dwayne A. Day

Following some back and forth discussion and sleuthing on the NASASpaceflight forums Dwayne wrote this fascinating article going over some history of aircraft carriers that were imaged by US spy satellites. Many of the images are also found here on my site.