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First image, color images and movie of Earth from space taken by a person, by cosmonaut Gherman Titov – the first photographer from space. [25] [26] 1963 KH-7 Gambit: First high-resolution (sub-meter spatial resolution) satellite photography (classified). [27] 1964 Quill: First radar images of Earth from space, using a synthetic aperture ...
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.
24 April 1962: Decayed from orbit on 17 October 1962. Ariel 1: United Kingdom: 26 April 1962: NASA-SERC: Ionospheric studies; decayed from orbit on 24 May 1976. Kosmos 5: Soviet Union: 28 May 1962: Kosmos 8: Soviet Union: 18 August 1968: Micrometeoroid detection; discovered meteoroid flux Alouette 1: Canada: 29 September 1962: DRDC: Ionospheric ...
Amazônia-1 is the first Earth observation satellite developed by Brazil, helped by Argentina's INVAP, who provided the main computer, attitude controls and sensors, and the training of Brazilian engineers,[8] and launched at 04:54:00 UTC (10:24:00 IST) on 28 February 2021.
First satellite to relay television, telephone and high-speed data communications First transatlantic television [1] July 10, 1962 United States: Relay 1: First transpacific television (news of the assassination and funeral procession of U.S. President John F Kennedy) First tandem satellite broadcast (with Syncom 3) December 13, 1962 United ...
Kosmos 7 (Russian: Космос 7 meaning Cosmos 7), also known as Zenit-2 No.4 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 17 was a Soviet reconnaissance satellite launched in 1962. It was the seventh satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the second successful launch of a Soviet reconnaissance satellite. [3]
The side-by-side images below, also from NASA, show this year's snowpack compared to that of the previous three years. The images show the Sierra at the end of winter from 2020 through 2023.
Ariel 1 (also known as UK-1 and S-55), was the first British-American satellite, and the first satellite in the Ariel programme.Its launch in 1962 made the United Kingdom the third country to operate a satellite, after the Soviet Union and the United States.