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ICEYE-X1

Compiled from public sources on 2026-05-24. Not independently verified by ICEYE.

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ICEYE-X1 was the first satellite in the ICEYE SAR constellation and the world's first commercially operated SAR microsatellite. ^[1] Built and operated by ICEYE (Finland), ICEYE-X1 launched on 12 January 2018 aboard the PSLV-C40 mission into a sun-synchronous orbit. ^[2] The mission concluded on 29 June 2018 after approximately 5.5 months of operations, meeting its initial demonstration objectives. ^[2]

ICEYE-X1 operated at an orbital altitude with two values reported across reference sources: Gunter's Space Page gives 494 x 506 km at 97.56 degree inclination ^[3], while eoPortal reports 505 km circular at 97.55 degree inclination ^[2]. The difference is within typical orbital insertion and decay ranges for the mission duration. The instrument swath is reported by eoPortal at 80 km x 40 km or greater ^[2]; no single consolidated swath figure is available across the cited sources.

Methodology	Evidence class	Reference
SAR imaging	Demonstrated in mission	^[2]

Full specification

All fields

current status	Ended
operator	ICEYE
launch vehicle	PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)
Launched	2018-01-12
orbit type	SSO, 494 x 506 km, 97.56 deg
tasking supported	No
archive depth years	3
Last updated	2026-05-24
claim status	Unclaimed

Supply chain position

carries instrument ICEYE X-band SAR

operated by ICEYE

launched on PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)

InSAR - surface deformation → capable ICEYE X-band SAR

SAR backscatter imaging → demonstrated ICEYE X-band SAR

Sources

[1]ICEYE-X1 (SAR Microsatellite-X1), eoPortalcommunity2026-05-24
[2]ICEYE X1, Gunter's Space Pagecommunity2026-05-24
[3]ICEYE company homeoperator marketing2026-05-24
[4]ICEYE Successfully Launches World's First SAR Microsatellite, PR Newswireoperator press2026-05-24

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ICEYE-X1. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V., last reviewed 2026-05-24. https://eo-atlas.org/missions/iceye-x1 (CC BY 4.0)

BibTeX

@misc{eoatlas:missions:iceye-x1,
  title = {ICEYE-X1},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Last reviewed 2026-05-24. CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/iceye-x1}
}