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Netherlands Ministry of Defence

The Netherlands Ministry of Defence (Ministerie van Defensie) is the Dutch government department responsible for defence policy and military operations, including space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities.^[1]

The ministry is the customer and operator for PAMI-1, the first dedicated Dutch military Earth-observation satellite.^[2]^[3] Its launch is planned for early 2028.^[4] The Royal Netherlands Air Force has contracted ICEYE for four synthetic aperture radar satellites, a local ground segment and antenna, a mobile ground segment, imagery-intelligence capability and data from ICEYE's existing constellation.^[5] The ministry works with Dutch space-sector partners including ISISpace on satellite operations.^[1]

Operates

PAMI-1Planned
Planned 2028-01-01

Sources

[1]Dutch Defence and ISISPACE strengthen satellite operations - ISISpaceoperator press2026-06-11
[2]First Dutch Military EO Sat to Launch in 2027 - Payload Spacecommunity2026-06-11
[3]FSO Instruments PAMI-1 programme pageoperator marketing2026-06-11
[4]Ruimte, Ministerie van Defensieagency doc2026-10-19
[5]ICEYE to deliver space-based ISR capability to the RNLAF - ICEYE press releaseoperator press2026-06-11

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@misc{eoatlas:companies:nl-mod,
  title = {Netherlands Ministry of Defence},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/nl-mod}
}