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English: View of Korean Peninsula at night from space; note the contrast between North Korea and South Korea in terms of lighting, with the only major point in the North having substantial light being Pyongyang, the nation's capital. Image is derived from a larger composite image of the globe at nighttime compiled by NASA.
Captured by NASA with the Aqua satellite. Satellite imagery in North Korea is a knowledge-building tool in the field of North Korean studies. It enables researchers to produce data-based analyses in the agricultural, humanitarian, economic and military fields, in a country where access to the field is limited.
Artificial structures visible from space without magnification include highways, dams, and cities. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The Great Wall of China, often cited as the only human-made structure visible from space, is difficult discern from even low earth orbit and can require very good viewing conditions. [ 3][ 4] Whether an object is visible depends ...
ATS-3. First full-disk "true color" [ 41] picture of the Earth; [ 42] subsequently used on the cover of the first Whole Earth Catalog. [ 43][ 42] December 21, 1968. Apollo 8. First full-disk image of Earth from space taken by a person, probably by astronaut William Anders. [ 44] December 24, 1968.
The Black Knight satellite conspiracy theory claims that a spacecraft of extraterrestrial origin is in near- polar orbit of the Earth, and that NASA is covering up its existence and origin. [ 2][ 3] This conspiracy theory combines several unrelated stories into one narrative. [ 4][ 5] A photo taken during the STS-88 mission claimed by some to ...
The United States Space Surveillance Network (SSN) detects, tracks, catalogs and identifies artificial objects orbiting Earth, e.g. active/inactive satellites, spent rocket bodies, or fragmentation debris. The system is the responsibility of United States Space Command and operated by the United States Space Force and its functions are:
The National Reconnaissance Office ( NRO) is a member of the United States Intelligence Community and an agency of the United States Department of Defense which designs, builds, launches, and operates the reconnaissance satellites of the U.S. federal government. It provides satellite intelligence to several government agencies, particularly ...
The first images from space were taken on the sub-orbital V-2 rocket flight launched by the US on October 24, 1946. Satellite image of Fortaleza.. Satellite images (also Earth observation imagery, spaceborne photography, or simply satellite photo) are images of Earth collected by imaging satellites operated by governments and businesses around the world.