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ICEYE SAR constellation

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The ICEYE SAR constellation is an operational commercial X-band synthetic aperture radar system operated by ICEYE, a Finnish satellite company. The first satellite, ICEYE-X1, launched on 12 January 2018.^[1] Satellites fly in sun-synchronous orbit and support on-demand tasking for all-weather, day-and-night imaging.

The constellation uses the ICEYE SAR sensor operating at 9.65 GHz (X-band). Generation 3 satellites achieve ground resolution as fine as 0.5 m. Available imaging modes include Spot, Spot Fine, SLEA, Dwell, Dwell Fine, Strip, and Scan. A Scan Wide mode released in 2025 extends swath coverage to 150-400 km for Generation 4 satellites.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Application domains include flood mapping and monitoring, sea-ice characterisation, oil-spill detection, disaster damage assessment, and maritime domain awareness. The constellation supports SAR backscatter analysis and SAR change detection workflows.

Full specification

All fields

current status	Operational
operator	ICEYE
launch vehicle	Spacex Falcon 9
Launched	2018-01-12
orbit type	Sun-synchronous orbit
swath km	400
tasking supported	Yes
current geographic priority	Global all-weather, day-night SAR monitoring
claim status	Unclaimed

Supply chain position

carries instrument ICEYE X-band SAR

operated by ICEYE

launched on Spacex Falcon 9

related to Flooding

related to Sea ice

related to Oil spills

related to Disaster damage assessment

related to Vessel tracking

InSAR - surface deformation → capable ICEYE X-band SAR

SAR backscatter imaging → demonstrated ICEYE X-band SAR

Sources

[1]First ICEYE-X1 Radar Image from Space Publishedoperator press2018-01-172026-06-14
[2]ICEYE Data Product Specificationoperator datasheet-2026-06-14
[3]ICEYE launches four new satellites and introduces its new Generation 4 satelliteoperator press2025-03-152026-06-14
[4]ICEYE expands its SAR imaging capabilities with Scan Wide modeoperator press2025-08-122026-06-14

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ICEYE SAR constellation. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/missions/iceye (CC BY 4.0)

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:iceye,
  title = {ICEYE SAR constellation},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/iceye}
}