The agreement builds on ICEYE’s support for Ukraine since 2022 and reflects the growing role of space-based intelligence as a tactical capability. Expanded access to ICEYE data is intended to provide faster and more accurate insight into changes on the ground, reducing uncertainty when decisions must be made quickly.
ICEYE operates the world’s largest SAR satellite constellation, delivering global access with resolutions of up to 16 centimetres and the highest revisit frequency on the market. Its radar-based technology functions independently of sunlight and can image through clouds, smoke, and darkness, which is critical in Ukraine where environmental conditions often limit optical sensors.
John Cartwright, Senior VP of Data Product at ICEYE, said, “ICEYE is proud and humbled to have supported Ukraine’s defense teams with reliable, near-real-time space-based intelligence since the beginning of the invasion. Today’s operational environment makes one thing clear: space is no longer only a strategic domain, it is a tactical layer of defense. That requires space-based intelligence that can be acted on in near real time, day or night, in any weather.”
He added, “This agreement strengthens assured access to our high-resolution SAR imagery, helping Ukraine make decisions faster and with greater confidence. ICEYE stands firmly with Ukraine in the face of these hostilities, and is deeply committed to strengthening Europe’s security more widely by ensuring our allies have the best decision-ready data when they need it most.”
ICEYE’s Generation 4 satellites are capable of capturing imagery with resolutions of up to 16 centimetres and operating large-area modes such as Scan Wide, which covers areas of 200 kilometres by 300 kilometres. The company’s electronic beam-steering technology also enables dozens of high-resolution scenes to be captured within minutes of satellite imaging time.
Source: ICEYE (press release).
