Finland’s ICEye firm has been awarded an order to develop and build five synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) equipped satelites for geospatial imagery firm Bayanat and the communications satellite operator Yahsat – both based in UAE. The plan is to build a national satellite remote sensing and Earth Observation (EO) system in the UAE to commercially address business opportunities in the local and global Earth Observation (EO) market. The first of these satellites will be launched in Q1 2024. Iceye will provide the ground segment. To get the ball rolling, Iceye will allow Bayanat access to imagery from Iceye’s own constellation.