This declassified satellite image shows Urumqi, China. It was captured on 24 April 1964 by a KH-7 GAMBIT reconnaissance satellite, as part of mission 4007.

The ground sample distance listed for this scene is 61 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 DZB00400700007H006001.

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.