Official name ICEYE-X2
Alternative name ICEYE-X2
Cospar ID 2018-099AU
Norad ID 43800
Launch date 2018-12-03
Launch site AFWTR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Country/Organization Finland
Type application Earth observation, Radar
Operator ICEYE
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 95.25
Inclination (deg) 97.49
Perigee (km) 523
Apogee (km) 539
Eccentricity 0.0150659133709981
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.1181102362205
Semi-Major axis (km) 6909.135
Raan (deg) 201.8612
Arg of perigee (deg) 195.755
Shape Box + 1 Pan
Mass (kg) 85
Height (m) 0.7
Width (m) 0.6
Depth (m) 0.6
Span (m^2) 3.25
Contractors ICEYE
Equipment X-band SAR
Propulsion ?
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

ICEYE X2 is a proof-of-concept prototype for a planned constellation of X-band SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) equipped microsatellites, designed by the Finnish ICEYE startup company.

ICEYE is designed to provide near-real-time SAR imagery. Iceye is working to launch and operate a constellation of micro satellites that carry its own compact and efficient SAR sensor technology. The ICEYE imaging radar instrument can image through clouds, obscuring weather and darkness.

A second prototype, ICEYE X2 features improvement to increase the range of incidence angles and to improve the ground resolution to 3 m. The satellite is partially assembled by a Polish subcontractor.

The satellite was launched on Spaceflight Industry's SSO-A multi-satellite launch on a Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) rocket.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
ICEYE-X2 2018-099AU 2018-12-03 AFWTR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with SkySat 14, 15, Eu:CROPIS, STPSat 5, FalconSat 6, NEXTSat 1, KazSTSAT, eXCITe, SeeMe, BlackSky 2, ESEO, Hawk A, B, C, Capella 1, AISTECHSAT 2, CSIM-FD, Hiber 2, ITASAT 1, Landmapper-BC 4, ORS 7A, 7B, Al-Farabi 2, Astrocast 0.1, Audacy 0, BRIO, Centauri 1, Eaglet 1, Enoch, Flock-3s 1, 2, 3, K2SAT, KazSciSat 1, MinXSS 2, Orbital Reflector, RAAF M1, SeaHawk 1, SNUSAT 2, THEA, VESTA, PW-Sat 2, SNUGLITE, VisionCube, RANGE A, B, Elysium-Star 2, ExseedSat 1, Fox 1C, Irvine 02, JY1-Sat, KNACKSAT, MOVE 2, SpaceBEE 5, 6, 7, Suomi-100, WeissSat 1, Sirion Pathfinder 2, OrbWeaver 1, 2, SPAWAR-CAL O, OR, R