Iceye
SAR Renaissance: Pandemic slows but doesn’t stop constellation progress
Startups around the world continue building synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites even as the COVID-19 pandemic delays some launches.
Iceye raises $87 million in Series C investment round
Radar satellite operator Iceye raised $87 million in a Series C round announced Sept. 22, boosting the Finnish startup’s total investment tally to $152 million.
Iceye to offer interferometry with small radar satellites
Finland’s Iceye is demonstrating for customers its ability to detect millimeter-scale vertical differences by comparing data in multiple Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite images of the same location.
Iceye unveils radar imagery with 25-centimeter resolution
Iceye, the Finnish Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operator, unveiled a new product March 26: imagery with a resolution of 25 centimeters.
Iceye releases preview of new radar video product
Radar satellite operator Iceye released a preview March 9 of a video product it plans to offer commercially by the end of 2020.
Iceye establishes U.S. office, considers U.S. manufacturing
Iceye, the Finnish radar satellite operator, opened a U.S. office in the San Francisco Bay Area led by Mark Matossian, who managed a series of aerospace programs at Google including the Earth-imaging venture Terra Bella.
Iceye releases dark vessel detection product
Radar satellite operator Iceye released a product to detect dark vessels, ships at sea that are not identifying themselves with Automatic Identification System transponders.
Iceye and RS Metrics sign pact to track iron ore inventories
Iceye, the Finnish radar satellite constellation operator, announced an agreement Nov. 6 with RS Metric, a satellite imagery and geospatial analytics company, to provide data on iron ore inventories to the commodities market.
Iceye’s one-meter Spotlight becomes commercially available
Iceye announced plans Oct. 16 to begin offering commercial access to its Spotlight mode, offering one-meter resolution synthetic aperture radar imagery.
Iceye signs pacts with ST Engineering Geo-Insights of Singapore
Iceye announced an agreement Oct. 7 with ST Engineering Geo-Insights, a technology, defense and engineering firm based in Singapore, to work together to expand the South East Asia market for Iceye’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, data and analytics products.
KSAT and Iceye extend radar data partnership
Iceye and Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) announced plans Sept. 26 to extend their joint campaign to speed up access to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data for government and commercial customers.
Iceye releases stereo images from satellites launched in July
Iceye released the first images Sept. 12 from its new synthetic aperture radar satellites launched in July and began offering commercial access to its three-satellite constellation.
Iceye reveals radar imagery of less than one meter resolution
Iceye is publicly releasing its first synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery with a resolution of less than one meter.
ESA evaluates data from Iceye, Planet and Spire Global
The European Space Agency announced plans July 29 to evaluate data from Iceye’s radar satellite constellation, Planet’s electro optical satellites and Spire Global’s weather, maritime- and aviation-tracking satellites to complement its own Earth observation constellation.
Startup shares disaster imagery, but at what cost?
Government space agencies and multinational corporations have well-established mechanisms in place to respond to requests for imagery in the wake of fires, floods or other disasters.. For Iceye, the frequent requests pose challenges.
