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There is also an option for Poland to purchase three more satellites and additional ground segment capabilities in the next 12 months. This will be under the Polish military’s MikroSAR programme.
The Earth Observation company specialises in supplying persistent, real-time imagery.
ISR
As part of the agreement, Iceye says it will also partner with local industry to provide the Polish Armed Forces with a mobile Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform. It will provide near real-time tasking, data downloads, and analysis.
The total value of the agreement is approximately €200 million.
The Iceye constellation currently has 21 satellites in orbit.
The latest SAR satellites can now provide 25cm ground resolution imagery. This allows for object detection and situational awareness, regardless of weather and lighting conditions. Cloud cover, for example.
On 15 March 2025 it began launching its new Generation 4 satellite. With enhanced target detection and classification, said the company, it will serving the needs of defense and ISR markets.
Actionable intelligence
“Iceye is proud to strengthen defense capabilities in Poland with cutting-edge SAR satellites,” said Rafał Modrzewski, its CEO and Co-founder. “Our advanced, operationally proven satellite system provides actionable intelligence for resilience, readiness, and response, and enables informed and rapid decision-making in an increasingly complex and uncertain world.”
“As a European provider, Iceye is ideally positioned and ready to provide sovereign reconnaissance systems for ISR activities. The Iceye system is engineered to also enable sharing capacity and cross-tasking with other nations, if so desired, to optimise the use of the combined fleets for enhancing collective space defense capabilities of European and allied nations.”
Polish armed forces
For its part, the Polish government also highlighted the Polish heritage of the company. Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Republic of Poland, commented:
“This is a great day for the Polish Armed Forces and Poland, because they are gaining full independence in radar reconnaissance and imaging. We are proud that a Pole founded a company like Iceye. We are also certain that we are acquiring the absolute best capabilities in the world. Freedom and independence will only be defended by sovereignty and innovation, and the applications of the technology acquired today have military significance, but also economic applications.”
Image: Iceye (l to r): Sławomir Obszyński, CEO of WZŁ-1; Rafał Modrzewski, CEO & Co-founder, ICEYE; Brig. Gen Artur Kuptel, Head of the Polish Armaments Agency
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