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ICEYE Blog
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ICEYE Blog is the company blog at iceye.com, writing about hardware and science. Since 2018, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “Iceye and Nokia partner with Ukraine to develop satcom capability”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (11) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link ICEYE's blog and newsroom for posts on SAR satellite imaging, such as high-resolution imagery, deforestation monitoring and satcom partnerships. Comments mostly cite them as sources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 11 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space.
Most-linked posts?
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-08-10
- Iceye and Nokia partner with Ukraine to develop satcom capability2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-10-22
What Hacker News says?
ICEYE and Nokia are already working on a replacement for starlink: https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-and-noki... Isar is working hard on commercial launch capabilities: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/06/german-star...
Comment linking /newsroom/press-releases/iceye-and-nokia-partner-to-launch-secure-and-sovereign-satellite-communications-for-governments-and-defense-customers
on “Elon Musk Just Gave Europe a Reason to Replace American Technology”Submitted Iceye and Nokia partner with Ukraine to develop satcom capability as a story · 46 points
HN discussionThis is where SAR imagery comes into play [1]. There are a few SAR constellations online and being worked on that are shifting the discussion about what we can track [2][3]. [1] https://medium.com/from-the-macroscope/its-always-sunny-at-o... [2] https://www.iceye.com [3] https://synspective.com
Comment linking /
on “Planet: Imaging the entire Earth every day”Submitted Ukraine Contracted One ICEYE’s SAR Satellite Thanks to Charity Foundation as a story · 20 points
HN discussionExcept that no, it doesn't churn "clones"; MVC is quite a serious company and working on far more interesting stuff than whatever shit the SaaS or ads company you're statistically likely working at is. EIC churns out DeepTech, invests 2.5M nondilutive with funding horizons of 10+ years and larger equity-based programmes too. Multiverse is a quantum computing company working on energy-efficient AI algorithms. The EIC…
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on “Quasar 438B: Europe's Leading AI Model”Submitted ICEYE Shares Nearly 18,000 Satellite Images Under Creative Commons License as a story · 4 points
HN discussionICEYE's website says high res (25cm) imaging is commercially available. Even has some sample 25cm res images available for download at the bottom of this page (I have not downloaded so can't vouch for it) https://www.iceye.com/satellite-data/blog/new-benchmark-in-i...
Comment linking /satellite-data/blog/new-benchmark-in-imaging-from-sar-microsatellites-iceye-presents-25-cm-azimuth-resolution
on “A New Satellite Can Peer Inside Buildings, Day or Night”Submitted Iceye Open Data as a story · 2 points
HN discussionHave you come across ICEYE? It's a high res commercial SAR constellation, and they have a deforestation monitoring service. They partnered with the Jane Goodall Institute - perhaps you could approach them? https://www.iceye.com/blog/deforestation-solution-9-essentia... https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-and-the-... https://janegoodall.org/
Comment linking /newsroom/press-releases/iceye-and-the-jane-goodall-institute-deploy-sar-based-deforestation-monitoring-to-protect-congo-basin-wildlife-habitats
on “Planet Labs' open satellite feed”Submitted Beyond the Echo – How satellites steer the radar beam as a story · 1 points
HN discussionFinnish satellite startup decacorn Iceye and Nokia are working on an alternative: https://www.iceye.com/satcom
Comment linking /satcom
on “Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones”Submitted Types of satellite data and how it is used as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThey pretty much all do by design, it prevents vapours from building up at the top of the tank which is a fire/explosion hazard. It works even better with high resolution synthetic aperture radar as you can measure the tank height displacement directly: https://www.iceye.com/blog/daily-analysis-and-forecast-of-gl...
Comment linking /blog/daily-analysis-and-forecast-of-global-oil-supplies
on “Satellites Spotting Depth”Submitted Designing Parametric Insurance Products with ICEYE's Flood Monitoring Technology as a story · 1 points
HN discussionReally depends on the number of satellites, the target orbit(s), the payload/application, link strategy, the risk profile that you're willing to accept, etc. There are quite a few constellations that you can benchmark by: - Astrocast (IoT) [1] - Fleet (IoT) [2] - Iceye (Earth Obs) [3] - Planet (Earth Obs) [4] - Spire (Earth Obs, Navigation) [5] - Capella Space (Earth Obs) [6] And many more ... [1] https://www.astroc…
Comment linking /
on “Space Based ADS-B”Submitted First ICEYE-X1 Radar Image from Space Published as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThe weapons militaries use are also manufactured by corporations. The question to ask is whether there's a hand-off; who operates the corporation operates the final system. It's completely plausible this is meant to be a product that is sold, not a service that is subscribed to. https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-and-noki... specifically says "give nations ownership and control of the satellites"
Comment linking /newsroom/press-releases/iceye-and-nokia-partner-with-the-ministry-of-defence-of-ukraine-to-develop-sovereign-satcom-capability
on “Iceye and Nokia partner with Ukraine to develop satcom capability”ICEYE | Senior Software Engineer (Kubernetes), Staff Engineer (On-Prem) | Full-time | Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland | https://iceye.com We are a Finnish-based international New Space company with employees from more than 57 countries in Finland, the US, the UK, Spain, Luxembourg, and Poland. Our team is a tight-knit group of experts from areas including engineering, software development, and radar technology. We’re innova…
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2023)”As someone who first started working with infrared photography on crops some 36 years ago this is an interesting development. My biggest problem in Michigan was clouds obscuring the field. I'm not certain however if you can see crop stress as well with infrared. But if I was still in ag I'd sure like to try;<). https://www.iceye.com/
Comment linking /
on “Iceye satellites return super-sharp radar images”
