ICEYE announced the start of a multi-year framework contract with the EMSA to support the latter’s efforts in managing various aspects of maritime operations with search and rescue (SAR) data.
ICEYE will deliver SAR imagery to EMSA over these next years to enhance their operational support to a wide range of European organizations, in the scope of EMSA’s Earth Observation Services.
ICEYE owns the world’s largest SAR satellite constellation and the data from its spaceborne sensors can be combined with multiple auxiliary information sources from the ground. ICEYE expects that this agreement will improve the efficiency and speed of the incredible work EMSA is doing already.
ICEYE’s small radar imaging satellites can form high-resolution images of areas of the Earth in daylight, at night, and through cloud cover. In other words, they can “see” any part of the Earth multiple times a day.
ICEYE’s satellites can collect images over wide areas and even more detailed images over smaller points of interest such as a ship or oil facility. This provides with persistent coverage of fast breaking events on the ground in all weather conditions.
Space based imagery is an ideal tool to quickly, efficiently and effectively support maritime disaster response and recovery operations, as well as to enforce EU maritime regulations and support local authorities
said Pekka Laurila, ICEYE Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer.
