This declassified satellite image shows Siberia, Russia. It was captured on 18 August 1960 by a KH-1 CORONA reconnaissance satellite, as part of mission 9009.

The ground sample distance listed for this scene is 3.6 m. 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 DS009009006DV117.

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

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