ICEYE builds and operates a commercial constellation of small synthetic aperture radar satellites. So far, 14 satellites have been launched and ICEYE and plans to expand its constellation up to 18 satellites by mid-2022, with the objective of reaching an average access time of three hours anywhere on the globe. The mission is used in many sectors, from monitoring floods and mining activities, to marine vessel detection and iceberg monitoring.
The ICEYE satellite constellation is a Copernicus Contributing Mission, complementing existing synthetic aperture radar missions in the Copernicus programme.
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