ICEYE

ICEYE Ltd.
Native name
ICEYE Oy
Company typeLimited company (osakeyhtiö)
IndustrySatellite imagery
Founded2014
FoundersRafał Modrzewski
Pekka Laurila
HeadquartersEspoo, Finland
Irvine, CA, USA
Warsaw, Poland
Bordon, UK
Area served
Worldwide
Websitewww.iceye.com

ICEYE Ltd. (natively ICEYE Oy)[1] is a Finnish microsatellite manufacturer and operator.[2][3] ICEYE was founded in 2014 and is now the world's largest synthetic aperture imaging radar constellation.[4]

It is originally a spin-off of Aalto University's University Radio Technology Department, and is based in Espoo[5] and has offices globally (Finland, Poland, Spain, the UK, and the US) and over 700 employees globally.[6]

In September 2024 the company reported 2023 revenues of $100M and expanded its funding to $438M.[7]

The CEO and co-founder of ICEYE is Rafał Modrzewski.[3][2]

  1. ^ "ICEYE Oy". Kauppalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Amos, Jonathan (12 January 2018). "Finnish start-up ICEYE's radical space radar solution". BBC News. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Space startup ICEYE just launched Finland's first-ever commercial satellite into orbit". Business Insider Nordic. 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ^ "ICEYE's SAR constellation strengthened with their latest launch – SatNews". news.satnews.com. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  5. ^ ICEYE (3 March 2016). "ICEYE: ARCTIC PASSION". Aker Arctic. p. 2. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  6. ^ "About us | Company | ICEYE". www.iceye.com. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  7. ^ "ICEYE raises oversubscribed growth funding round to expand global SAR leadership". www.iceye.com. Retrieved 3 November 2024.