This declassified satellite image shows Aksu Prefecture, China. It was captured on 27 January 1965 by a KH-7 GAMBIT reconnaissance satellite, as part of mission 4015.

The ground sample distance listed for this scene is 62 cm. That is the size of one pixel on the ground, not the smallest object that can be picked out in the image.

The source scene is held in the USGS EarthExplorer archive under entity ID DZB00401500056H008001.

SpaceFromSpace processed and georeferenced this scan so it can be explored on an interactive map.

Learn more about the GAMBIT programme on the Satellite Programs page.