ICEYE is a Finnish New Space technology company and the global leader in small Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations for Earth Observation. ICEYE designs, builds, and operates a commercial constellation of SAR microsatellites, the largest in the world, providing high-resolution imagery of the Earth's surface, day or night, and even through cloud cover. They offer solutions, satellite data, and data fusion to governments and commercial industries for applications such as disaster management, security, maritime and infrastructure monitoring. ICEYE has partnerships with organizations like the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), NATO, and Geoscape Australia, and supplies SAR data to allied nations.
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Synthetic-aperture radar technology used by Iceye penetrates night, clouds, and smoke to provide reliable imagery when optical capabilities are limited.
Iceye has implemented measures to prevent its commercial imagery from being shared with countries or entities hostile to Ukraine.
ICEYE is a Finnish-Polish space provider.
The agreement guarantees that the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense will continue receiving a large volume of high-resolution satellite imagery from Iceye's SAR constellation.
Iceye has supported Ukraine with satellite imagery in the war with Russia since 2022.
Iceye's SAR constellation offers the highest revisit frequency on the market.
John Cartwright is Iceye’s senior vice president of Data Product.
Iceye's SAR constellation provides global access with 16-centimeter resolution imagery, which the company describes as the highest on the market.
In 2022 Iceye transferred full capabilities of one of its in-orbit SAR satellites for the government of Ukraine’s use over the region in cooperation with a foundation.
Iceye is a Finnish satellite imagery provider.
In May 2025 the Ministry of National Defence signed a PLN 860 million ($237 million) contract with a consortium led by ICEYE and state-owned Wojskowe Zakłady Łączności Nr 1.
The expanded ICEYE agreement allows the Ukrainian Armed Forces to use space-based intelligence as a tactical tool to reduce uncertainty during time-sensitive operational timelines.
ICEYE’s Gen4 satellites provide the highest-fidelity commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery available.
ICEYE has secured agreements to deliver sovereign intelligence capabilities to the Finnish Defence Forces.
ICEYE’s Generation 4 (Gen4) satellite technology was introduced and expanded in late 2025.
ICEYE expanded its cooperation with the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine on January 19, 2026.
ICEYE’s SAR constellation provides persistent monitoring that penetrates nighttime, cloud cover, and smoke, enabling data collection regardless of time of day or atmospheric conditions.
A November 2024 contract between Rheinmetall and Ukraine, supported by the German government, integrated ICEYE’s SAR data into Ukraine’s defense framework.
The new ICEYE agreement increases the volume of high-resolution satellite imagery delivered to the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine to bolster tactical situational awareness and national security.
ICEYE intends to continue scaling what it describes as the world’s largest SAR constellation to meet global demand for persistent, actionable Earth observation data.