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The first satellite image of earth.
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Previously known as flash earth.
This composite color full disk visible image is from 1 07 p m.
The first images from space were taken on sub orbital flights the u s launched v 2 flight on october 24 1946 took one image every 1 5 seconds.
The first satellite image of earth captured by explorer 6 on august 14 1959.
With an apogee of 65 miles 105 km these photos were from five times higher than the previous record the 13 7 miles 22 km by the explorer ii balloon mission in 1935.
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15 2017 and was created using several of the 16 spectral channels available on the goes 16 advanced baseline imager abi instrument.
The first satellite orbital photographs of earth were made on august 14 1959.
The release of the first images today from noaa s newest satellite goes 16 is the latest step in a new age of weather satellites.
Explorer 6 was the first scientific satellite under the direction of nasa s goddard space flight center in maryland which went on to operate tracking and communications networks for the crewed missions of the mercury gemini and apollo programs.
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This photo the first to be taken from 100 miles above earth was.