Signing up ICEYE to Copernicus

ESA has signed a contract that brings the ICEYE constellation of small satellites into the fleet of missions contributing to Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring programme. As a commercial provider of satellite radar imagery, ICEYE is a perfect example of European New Space being implemented within Copernicus. The contract was signed by ESA’s Acting Director of Earth Observation Programmes, Toni Tolker-Nielsen (right) and CEO of ICEYE, Rafal Modrzewski (left), in the presence of ESA’s Director General, Josef Aschbacher.

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