What's new in Satellite Imagery?
2008
ISIS Imagery Brief:
New Construction at Syrian Site
January 14, 2008
2007
ISIS Imagery Brief:
Syria Update II: Syria Buries Foundation of Suspect Reactor Site
Institute for Science and International Security
October 26, 2007
ISIS Imagery Brief:
Syria Update: Suspect Reactor Site Dismantled
by David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Jacqueline Shire
October 25, 2007
ISIS Imagery Brief:
Suspect Reactor Construction Site in Eastern Syria: The Site of the September 6 Israeli Raid?
by David Albright and Paul Brannan
October 24, 2007
New Tunnel Construction at Mountain Adjacent to the Natanz Enrichment Complex
By David Albright and Paul Brannan
July 9, 2007
Pakistan Appears to be Building a Third Plutonium Production Reactor at Khushab Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Paul Brannan
June 21, 2007
ISIS Imagery Brief on Iran: Further Construction at Arak 40 MW Heavy Water Reactor, By David Albright and Paul Brannan, March 20, 2007.
ISIS Report on North Korea: The North Korean Plutonium Stock, February 2007, David Albright and Paul Brannan February 20, 2007.
ISIS Report: Chashma Nuclear Site in Pakistan with Possible Reprocessing Plant, David Albright and Paul Brannan, January 18, 2007.
ISIS Report: India's Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Program: Growing Capacity for Military Purposes, David Albright and Susan Basu, January 18, 2007.
2006
ISIS Imagery Brief: IAEA Inspectors and Iran Clash Over Frequency of Inspections of Underground Facilities, David Albright and Paul Brannan, August 23, 2006.
ISIS Report on Pakistan: Commercial Satellite Imagery Suggests Pakistan is Building a Second, Much Larger Plutonium Production Reactor at Khushab, David Albright and Paul Brannan, July 24, 2006.
ISIS Report on DPRK: The North Korean Plutonium Stock Mid-2006, by David Albright & Paul Brannan, June 26, 2006.
ISIS Imagery Brief: Update on Construction Activities at Arak 40 MW Heavy Water Reactor, by David Albright & Paul Brannan, April 21, 2006.
ISIS Imagery Brief: New Activities at the Esfahan and Natanz Nuclear Sites in Iran, by David Albright & Paul Brannan, April 14, 2006.
New satellite image of the Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Iran. Posted January 13, 2006.
2005
New satellite photos showing the 5MWe reactor at Yongbyon with a steam plume, indicating that it is again operational and the construction site for the 50MWe reactor showing some new activity at the site. Posted September 14, 2005.
Newly annotated image: Natanz Facility in Iran Showing the Location of the Underground Cascade Halls, May 3, 2005
ISIS Imagery Brief: Multiple Images Showing the Tunnel Entrance to the Underground Facilities at Natanz, May 2, 2005.
Images of 5 MWe Reactor at Yongbyon Nuclear Site from January and April 2005.
ISIS Imagery Brief: Kalaye Electric, March 30, 2005.
ISIS Imagery Brief: Iran Constructing the 40 MW Heavy Water Reactor at Arak Despite Calls Not to Do So by the European Union and the IAEA Board of Governors, March 4, 2005.
ISIS Imagery Brief: New Satellite Images Show Tunnel Construction at Esfahan Facility in Iran, February 17, 2005.
2004
ISIS Issues Brief: Fate of High Explosives at Al Qaqaa Still Unknown: Increasing Indications That Some Looted, David Albright and Corey Hinderstein, November 4, 2004
ISIS Issue Brief: Parchin: Possible Nuclear Weapons-Related Site in Iran, By David Albright and Corey Hinderstein, September 13, 2004.
ISIS Imagery Brief: Destruction at Iranian Site Raises New Questions About Iran's Nuclear Activities, June 17, 2004. NEW: Image from May 10, 2004.
ISIS Issue Brief: The Iranian Gas Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment Plant at Natanz: Drawing from Commercial Satellite Images, By David Albright and Corey Hinderstein, March 14, 2003.
Satellite photo showing the 5MWe reactor at Yongbyon with a steam plume, indicating that it is now operational; close-ups of the cooling tower showing the change in status between February and March 2003; and the reprocessing facility showing no obvious signs of activity.
Images of Facilites at Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center from March and August 2002
ISIS Issue Brief: Iran Building Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities: International Transparency Needed, By David Albright and Corey Hinderstein, December 12, 2002
Background on the Iraqi Al Furat Facility Shown in White House Photos Released October 7, 2002, October 8, 2002
ISIS Issue Brief: Is the Activity at Al Qaim Related to Nuclear Efforts? by David Albright and Corey Hinderstein, September 10, 2002.
Annotated images of Algeria's nuclear site at Ain Oussera
Annotated Satellite Images of the Pelindaba and Valindaba Sites, Showing Key Nuclear Weapon-Related Facilities
An Overhead Tour: The Yongbyon Nuclear Site by David Albright and Corey Hinderstein (from David Albright and Kevin O'Neill, (eds.) Solving the Noth Korean Nuclear Puzzle, (Washington, DC: ISIS Press, 2000). (available in November 2000)).
View newly released 1-meter Ikonos images of Pakistan's May 30, 1998 nuclear test site here.
Available Images:
Khushab Plutonium Production Reactor, Pakistan
Khushab Heavy Water Plant, Pakistan
South Africa's Pelindaba and Valindaba Facilities
Satellite Studies and News
"New Details Emerge About Pakistan's First Nuclear Test Site," David Albright, Corey Gay Hinderstein, and Frank Pabian. Published in Earth Observation Magazine, December 1998/January 1999.
"Report to Colorado Department of Health: Description of Work Obtaining Satellite Photos of the Rocky Flats Plant," by Corey Gay Hinderstein, May 10, 1999
"Development of the Al-Tuwaitha Site: What If the Public or the IAEA had Overhead Imagery?" by David Albright, Corey Hinderstein, and Khidhir Hamza, April 26, 1999.
