ICEYE successfully launched its second SAR satellite, ICEYE-X2, on 3rd of December. The satellite launch is an initial step of creating the necessary SAR satellite constellation of ICEYE for frequent and reliable satellite-based information about any location on Earth. ICEYE is establishing the Internet of Locations to support vast economic growth in Finland in the various parts of generating, analyzing, and consuming satellite data for operational uses.
Providing the capability to get accurate, objective and reliable information in real time from anywhere in the world is a transformative proposition for practically every industry and government. Information that has been gained from satellite imaging can be used to help solve problems such as global illegal fishing, illegal logging, and for commercial uses such as for flood insurance related services.
“By capturing detailed imagery and analyzing these data sets, ICEYE is on the cusp of developing a global market through our radar satellite imaging capacity. Finland is uniquely positioned to capitalize on its highly competent talent and ongoing research in topics such as machine learning,” said Pekka Laurila, CSO and co-founder of ICEYE. “For a long time, there has been satellite imagery that has been too infrequent, hindered by clouds or largely unusable due to night time. ICEYE’s radar satellite constellation is solving all of these issues. As a result, we are enabling a huge range of new applications to be built on seeing into locations, reliably, multiple times per day.”
”From the perspective of Finland, ICEYE is in a unique position as a provider of satellite imagery. With the help of funding from Business Finland, ICEYE is working to create opportunities for other organisations as well in generating new industry applications from location-based information. With this ecosystem that is built around data, there’s significant potential for creating new talent and business opportunities,” says Jussi Sainiemi, Investment Director, Tesi. Tesi is one of ICEYE’s investors.
Autonomous shipping is one of the future industries that benefits from new space infrastructure. ”Companies participating in the One Sea ecosystem, ABB, Cargotec, Ericsson, Finnpilot Pilotage, Rolls-Royce Marine, Tieto and Wärtsilä, are right now developing new solutions in smart and autonomous shipping. At sea, you need frequently updated information that can be gathered with radar satellites.”, says Jukka Merenluoto, Director of One Sea from DIMECC Oy.
Business Finland uses the name Growth Engine to describe cooperation networks − ecosystems − aimed at new business activities in Finland amounting to more than one billion euros. Growth Engines are implemented through an enterprise-driven partnership model between companies, research organizations and public actors, which strives to find solutions to global market disruption and create new growth sectors in Finland. With this goal in mind, the grant from Business Finland enables ICEYE to provide new space infrastructure and data solutions to the global data consumption market, and establish Finland as a world-leader in the emerging Internet of Locations.
Media Contact:
Aubrey Lerche
Barokas PR for ICEYE
press@iceye.fi
Jussi Sainiemi, Investment Director, Tesi
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About ICEYE
ICEYE empowers others to make better decisions in governmental and commercial industries by providing access to timely and reliable satellite imagery. The company is tackling this crucial lack of actionable information with world-first aerospace capabilities and a New Space approach. ICEYE’s radar satellite imaging service, with coverage of selected areas every few hours, both day and night, helps clients resolve challenges in sectors such as maritime, disaster management, insurance, finance, security and intelligence. ICEYE is the first organization in the world to successfully launch synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellites with a launch mass under 100 kg. For more information, please visit: www.iceye.com
About Tesi
Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd) is a venture capital and private equity company that accelerates companies’ success stories by investing in them directly and via funds. Tesi always invests together with other investors, providing them with access to high quality deal-flow in Finland. Our investments under management total €1.2 billion and we have altogether 700 companies in portfolio. www.tesi.fi, www.dtg.tesi.fi and @TesiFII
About Business Finland
Business Finland offers Finnish companies a unified customer journey for innovation activities, internationalization, investments, and tourism promotion. Business Finland is an accelerator of global growth. The organization creates new growth by helping businesses go global and by supporting and funding innovations. Business Finland’s top experts and the latest research data enable companies to seize market opportunities and turn them into success stories.