ICEYE

Very high resolution 25 cm SAR satellite imagery, acquired worldwide with a revisit rate of 4 times a day. 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

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    A custom data product delivered with the acquisition, processing, and other parameters of your choice.

    API DETAILS
    Name:
    iceye-tasking
    ID:
    205fd9e1-4b00-4f0a-aabd-01e2f3f4dfba
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    A non-integrated data product.

Specifications

General

SpecificationDescription
ProviderICEYE
Collection type

Tasking from 87,500 credits per scene

Catalog from 28,571 credits per scene

Product typeSAR
System typeSatellite

Data

SpecificationDescription
Azimuth resolution

Spot (standard): Up to 1 m

Spot (fine): Up to 50 cm

Spot (dwell): Up to 1 m

Spot (dwell fine): Up to 50 cm

Spot (dwell precise): Up to 25 cm

Site: Up to 1 m

Strip: Up to 3 m

Scan (standard): Up to 15 m

Scan (wide): Up to 27 m

Ground range resolution

Spot (standard): 1 m

Spot (fine): 50 cm

Spot (dwell): 1 m

Spot (dwell fine): 50 cm

Spot (dwell precise): 25 cm

Site: 1 m

Strip: 3 m

Scan (standard): 15 m

Scan (wide): 27 m

Bit depth per pixel16-bit
Delivery format

A ZIP file containing the following files:

  • Data (GeoTIFF, MP4, GIF)
  • Metadata (GeoJSON)
  • Masks (KML)
  • Overviews (PNG)
Delivered files

The files delivered will vary based on the chosen acquisition mode:

*For dwell modes only.

Masks

ROI

Transparency

Processing levels

ComplexDetectedGeocoded

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SLC

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GRD

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CSI

ComplexDetectedGeocoded

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SLC*

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GRD*

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CSI*

*Upon request.

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition mode

Spot (standard)

Spot (fine)

Spot (dwell)

Spot (dwell fine)

Spot (dwell precise)

Site

Strip

Scan (standard)

Scan (wide)

Incidence angle

Spot (standard): From 20° to 40°

Spot (fine): From 20° to 40°

Spot (dwell): From 20° to 40°

Spot (dwell fine): From 20° to 40°

Spot (dwell precise): From 20° to 33°

Site: From 20° to 40°

Strip: From 15° to 35°

Scan (standard): From 21° to 29°

Scan (wide): From 21° to 26°

Number of looks

Spot (standard): 4

Spot (fine): 5

Spot (dwell): 12

Spot (dwell fine): 6

Spot (dwell precise): 3

Site: 2

Strip: 1

Scan: 1

Slant range resolution

Spot (standard): 50 cm

Spot (fine): 25 cm

Spot (dwell): 50 cm

Spot (dwell fine): 25 cm

Spot (dwell precise): 12.5 cm

Site: 50 cm

Strip: 50 cm–2.50 m

Tasking priorityStandard
Production timeline

Standard (8 hours)

Expedited (3 hours)

OrbitSun-synchronous, at 560–580 km
Orbit direction

Ascending

Descending

Number of satellites50+
PolarizationSingle: VV
Revisit rateDaily

Band data

SpecificationDescription
FrequencyX-band: 9.65 GHz

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference systemGeographic-WGS84
Positional accuracy

Spot: 6 m RMSE absolute

Site: 6 m RMSE absolute

Strip: 6 m RMSE absolute

Scan (standard): 15 m RMSE absolute

Scan (wide): 27 m RMSE absolute

Conditions

SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: POI

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

  • Spot: 5 km × 5 km
  • Site: 15 km × 15 km
  • Strip: From 30 km × 50 km to 30 km × 500 km
  • Scan (standard): From 100 km × 100 km to 100 km × 500 km
  • Scan (wide): From 200 km × 300 km to 200 km × 600 km
Minimum chargeAs per 1 scene
SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: POI

Availability: From 2018

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

  • Spot: 5 km × 5 km
  • Site: 15 km × 15 km
  • Strip: From 30 km × 50 km to 30 km × 500 km
  • Scan (standard): From 100 km × 100 km to 100 km × 500 km
  • Scan (wide): From 200 km × 300 km to 200 km × 600 km
Minimum chargeAs per 1 scene

Geographic coverage

The geographic coverage is global.

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