ICEYE

ICEYE Ltd. (natively ICEYE Oy) is a Finnish microsatellite manufacturer and operator. ICEYE was founded in 2014 and is now the world's largest synthetic aperture imaging radar constellation. It is originally a spin-off of Aalto University's University Radio Technology Department, and is based in Espoo. The company has offices globally (Finland, Poland, Spain, the UK, and the US) and over 700 employees globally. In September 2024 the company reported 2023 revenues of $100M and expanded its funding to $438M. It has bespoke packaged solutions for Insurance and Government domains to assist in flood and wildfire insights and improve disaster response. The CEO and co-founder of ICEYE is Rafał Modrzewski. It was the first Finnish satellite under 100 kg to carry a synthetic-aperture radar and stands for "POC1, COSPAR004" (also known as POCOC-DOC). It was launched into orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on January 12, 2018, under the name ICEYE-X1.