ICEYE has launched and deployed five new SAR satellites into orbit—these satellites were integrated via Exolaunch and successfully lifted off on November 26, 2025, aboard the Transporter-15 rideshare mission with SpaceX from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA. Each spacecraft has established communication and routine commissioning operations are underway.
The new satellites will serve ICEYE’s commercial constellation and dedicated national missions, including the Greek National Space Program, the Polish Armed Forces’ MikroSAR program, as well as BAE Systems’ Azalea constellation.
With this launch, ICEYE has added another fourth generation (Gen4) SAR satellite to the firm’s commercial constellation. In September, the Gen4 SAR satellite was introduced by ICEYE and is now available for commercial operations.
Gen4 delivers up to 16 cm resolution and expands the high-resolution coverage area to 400 km, enabling more images per orbital pass and higher revisit rates, resulting in the world’s highest-fidelity commercial SAR imagery. These capabilities enhance target detection and classification to support defense and ISR missions globally.
ICEYE has now launched 62 satellites into orbit for the company and its customers since 2018, 22 of which have been launched in 2025. Looking ahead, the company plans to continue its rapid expansion to meet growing global demand for persistent monitoring.
Rafal Modrzewski, CEO of ICEYE, said, “This launch marks another important step in supporting our customers in deploying their own constellations and scaling the world’s most advanced commercial SAR constellation. As global interest in space-based intelligence accelerates, ICEYE stands ready to help countries build sovereign satellite missions – turning high-quality satellite imaging into actionable intelligence for security and resilience.”
