ICEYE, a supplier of satellite information and providers to tell decision-making and evaluation, has efficiently launched five new SAR satellites.
All five spacecrafts have been launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 small sat rideshare mission through EXOLAUNCH from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
ICEYE has stated that communication has efficiently been established with every spacecraft.
Both ICEYE and ICEYE US, a subsidiary of ICEYE, have now efficiently deployed 21 satellites since 2018, together with each industrial and devoted buyer missions.
The launch additionally included the second and third satellites constructed, licensed and operated by ICEYE US. The newly launched satellites are licensed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and might be operated and managed solely from the corporate’s 24/7 Mission Operations Center in Irvine.
Moreover, two of the satellites launched are supplied on to the Brazilian Air Force. The Air Force will function the satellites in help of environmental and nationwide safety targets.
The firm’s satellite constellation is designed to offer prospects with dependable and frequent imagery enabling the fast detection and monitoring of modifications on the Earth’s floor, whatever the time of day or climate circumstances.
This functionality that ICEYE offers is important for presidency and industrial makes use of in numerous divisions, which incorporates insurance coverage, pure disaster response and restoration, nationwide safety, and local weather change monitoring.
“The ICEYE team has launched 21 small radar imaging satellites in a few short years, which is a remarkable feat to accomplish”, stated Rafal Modrzewski, CEO and Co-founder of ICEYE.
“The world needs these sources of objective truth data now more than ever. With this launch, we’ll have increased performance and capacity to further support our customers and our growth across current and emerging vertical markets.”
Jerry Welsh, CEO of ICEYE US, added: “Expanding our fleet of US constructed satellites is a crucial step that expands {our capability} to help our prospects throughout the U.S. Government.
“We are seeing a shift in the U.S. and international government sector that is now looking to fully leverage and integrate commercial remote sensing technologies into their collection architectures.”
ICEYE additionally added, that later this yr, the corporate plans on including as much as five further satellites to its constellation together with extra satellites manufactured by ICEYE US.
Meanwhile, ICEYE lately introduced that it could present flood insights for AI-driven flood insurtech, Neptune Flood.
In addition, ICEYE lately entered into an settlement with EigenRisk, to offer flood insights into the EigenPrism disaster danger administration platform.