Iceye, a company that builds and operates a constellation of microsatellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors, has launched a new maritime surveillance product called Ocean Vision.
The service, announced March 7, aims to provide comprehensive monitoring of the world’s oceans.
SAR satellites detect the signatures of vessels that stand out against the dark background of the ocean’s surface, he noted, and can render vessels visible to SAR sensors at night and in bad weather.
The company said the Ocean Vision service allows the integration of SAR imagery with complementary data sources such as Automatic Identification System (AIS) or radio frequency (RF) data.
