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ICEYE

FI
commercialFounded 2012
Espoo, Finland
www.iceye.com
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ICEYE has deployed 16 satellites since 2018, including both commercial and dedicated customer missions.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT1/13/2022ICEYE SAR Smallsats Soar To Orbit To Join The Company’s On-Orbit Constellation

For 2022, ICEYE plans to increase the number of spacecraft built in Irvine, California.

NARRATIVE GROWTH1/13/2022ICEYE SAR Smallsats Soar To Orbit To Join The Company’s On-Orbit Constellation

ICEYE plans to expand its constellation with at least four additional satellites by mid-2022 with the objective of reaching an average access time of three hours anywhere on the globe.

NARRATIVE PLAN12/16/2021MDA’s + ICEYE’s CHORUS Agreement For SAR EO Support

ICEYE plans to expand its constellation with at least four additional satellites by mid-2022 with the objective of reaching an average access time of three hours anywhere on the globe.

NARRATIVE GROWTH12/16/2021MDA’s + ICEYE’s CHORUS Agreement For SAR EO Support

ICEYE operates the world’s largest commercial constellation of SAR satellites and has launched 14 spacecraft to date.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/16/2021MDA’s + ICEYE’s CHORUS Agreement For SAR EO Support

ICEYE has successfully launched 14 spacecraft to date and operates the world’s largest fleet of commercial SAR satellites.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/29/2021Collaborative R&D EO Tech Agreement Signed By ICEYE + The U.S. Army

Iceye operates the largest fleet of commercial synthetic-aperture radar satellites and has launched 14 satellites to date.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/18/2021Iceye and U.S. Army forge collaborative research pact

Iceye won a contract to provide data from its constellation of small synthetic-aperture radar satellites to Copernicus.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/14/2021Iceye officially joins Copernicus Earth-observation Program

Finland's Iceye offers the world's highest SAR revisit rate.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/8/2021NGA plans annual survey of international Earth imagery leaders

Iceye of Finland maintains a U.S. subsidiary in California and is the first commercial firm to establish a SAR constellation.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/7/2021NRO begins journey toward commercial data program of record

ICEYE plans to open an office in Tokyo within 12 months and expand to an initial 10-person team serving the Japanese market.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/24/2021ICEYE expands satellite offering in Japan, Makoto Higashi Joins as General Manager for local business operations

ICEYE partnered with Makoto Higashi to serve as General Manager of ICEYE’s business operations in Japan.

ORG RELATIONSHIP6/24/2021ICEYE expands satellite offering in Japan, Makoto Higashi Joins as General Manager for local business operations

Since 2018 when Iceye began operating the first small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite, the company has established offices in Poland, the United Kingdom, and Spain and a manufacturing facility in Southern California.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/23/2021Iceye establishes office to serve Japanese market

Iceye has raised $152,000,000 in funding to date.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL6/23/2021Iceye establishes office to serve Japanese market

Iceye has launched 10 satellites to date but not all launched satellites continue to operate.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT6/23/2021Iceye establishes office to serve Japanese market

ICEYE performed trials that Scan imaged areas as large as 100 km by 400 km (60 by 402 km) in a single acquisition, covering areas that would take more than 1,500 Spot images as a comparison.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT5/12/2021ICEYE introduces the world’s first wide area imaging for persistent monitoring with New Space SAR satellites

The three new Iceye satellites reached orbit on the 2021-01-22 SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-1 flight.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT2/25/2021Iceye releases images from latest SAR satellites

Iceye plans to launch at least eight additional satellites in 2021.

NARRATIVE GROWTH2/25/2021Iceye releases images from latest SAR satellites

Iceye plans to launch at least eight additional satellites in 2021.

NARRATIVE PLAN2/25/2021Iceye releases images from latest SAR satellites

ICEYE has recently launched three satellites, bringing its total to 10 completed satellites.

NARRATIVE GENERAL2/8/2021Direct From SmallSat Symposium: Earth Observation — Looking At The Market
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