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ICEYE

Very high resolution 50 cm SAR satellite imagery, acquired worldwide with a daily revisit rate. The collection contains data from 2018 to the present.

Overview

ICEYE provides persistent monitoring using the largest operational constellation of SAR satellites.

An ICEYE image of the Port of Alexandria (Egypt)

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Data products

Data productSpectral bands combinationOrder link
Custom

X-band

API name and ID: iceye-tasking | 205fd9e1-4b00-4f0a-aabd-01e2f3f4dfba
Data productSpectral bands combinationOrder link
ICEYE Catalog

X-band

API name and ID: Not integrated

Specifications

General

Specification Description
Provider ICEYE
Collection type

Tasking from 164,000 credits per scene

Catalog from 27,500 credits per scene
Product type SAR
System type Satellite

Data

SpecificationDescription
Azimuth resolution

Spot (standard): 1 m

Spot (fine): 50 cm

Spot (extended): 1 m

Strip: 3 m

Scan: 15 m
Ground range resolution

Spot (standard): 90 cm–1.50 m

Spot (fine): 43 cm–73 cm

Spot (extended): 90 cm–1.50 m

Strip: Up to 3 m

Scan: Up to 15 m
Bit depth per pixel

16-bit (unsigned integer)

32-bit (float)
Delivery format

A ZIP file containing the following files:

  • Data (HDF5, GeoTIFF)
  • Metadata (XML)
  • Masks (KML)
  • Overviews (PNG)
Masks

ROI

Transparency

Processing levels

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition mode

Spot (standard)

Spot (fine)

Spot (extended)

Strip

Scan
Incidence angleMode-dependent, from 15° to 35°
Slant range resolution

Spot (standard): 50 cm

Spot (fine): 25 cm

Spot (extended): 90 cm

Strip: 50 cm–2.50 m
Tasking priorityStandard
OrbitSun-synchronous, at 560–580 km
Orbit direction

Ascending

Descending
Number of satellites33+
PolarizationSingle: VV
Revisit rateDaily

Band data

SpecificationDescription
FrequencyX-band: 9.65 GHz

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference systemGeographic-WGS84
Positional accuracy1.5 m SE90 absolute

Conditions

SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: AOI

Output: Scenes of a certain size intersecting the defined AOI:

  • Spot (standard): 5 km × 5 km
  • Spot (fine): 5 km × 5 km
  • Spot (extended): 15 km × 15 km
  • Strip: From 30 km × 50 km to 30 km × 500 km
  • Scan: From 100 km × 100 km to 100 km × 500 km
Minimum chargeAs per 1 scene
SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: AOI

Availability: From 2018

Output: Scenes of a certain size intersecting the defined AOI:

  • Spot (standard): 5 km × 5 km
  • Spot (fine): 5 km × 5 km
  • Spot (extended): 15 km × 15 km
  • Strip: From 30 km × 50 km to 30 km × 500 km
  • Scan: From 100 km × 100 km to 100 km × 500 km
Minimum chargeAs per 1 scene

Geographic coverage

The geographic coverage is global.

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