This declassified satellite image shows UAE & Oman. It was captured on 27 July 1980 by the KH-9 HEXAGON mapping camera, as part of mission 1216.

The ground sample distance listed for this scene is 4 m. That is the size of one pixel on the ground, not the smallest object that can be picked out in the image.

This image is a mosaic combined from 2 source scenes held in the USGS EarthExplorer archive (entity IDs DZB1216-500215L011001, DZB1216-500215L012001).

SpaceFromSpace processed and georeferenced this scan so it can be explored on an interactive map. The georeferencing for this scene was automated, so its position may be less exact than a manually aligned scene.

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