Valentina Romanenko — Thursday, August 18, 2022, 4:52 PM
The ICEYE satellites, one of which was purchased by the Serhiy Prytula Foundation with funds raised by Ukrainians, can scan objects on Earth in any weather.
sauce: Ukrainian military strategic communications agency, on telegram
detail: The communications staff decided to provide details to show Ukrainians what kind of images the Ukrainian military has access to now.
The ICEYE satellite uses Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology to conduct surveys. This allows it to be used at any time and in any weather conditions.
Quote: “SAR systems can see through all kinds of obstacles with distributed radar imagery and automatic object recognition using digital signal processing.
This means that not only dense clouds, but even the walls of buildings, do not interfere with this system. “
Background: On August 18, the Serhiy Pritura Charitable Foundation with 600 million hryvnia raised by Ukrainians, purchased Access to satellite imagery database of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.