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ICEYE SAR constellation
Compiled from public sources on 2026-06-14. Not independently verified by ICEYE.
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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.
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 | true |
| current geographic priority | Global all-weather, day-night SAR monitoring |
| Last updated | 2026-06-14 |
| claim status | claimed |
Compositional position
- [1]ICEYE Data Product Specificationoperator datasheet-2026-06-14
- [2]First ICEYE-X1 Radar Image from Space Publishedoperator press2018-01-172026-06-14
- [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