ICEYE’s constellation of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites provides high-resolution data products designed for high reliability, frequent revisit rates, and rapid delivery. ICEYE offers high-resolution Earth-observation data and imagery in near real-time and in a range of modes to support operational applications including climate research, disaster response, environmental monitoring, international commerce, and maritime awareness. The company’s satellites are positioned in sun-synchronous orbits with some satellites dedicated towards specialized, daily repeat orbits with the same acquisition time, collection geometry, and location for indefinite periods. These specialized, daily-repeat orbits enable ICEYE US to create Amplitude Change Detection (ACD), Coherent Change Detection (CCD), Registered Imagery (ABS), and Interferometric Change Detection (INT) product stacks of image pairs collected over desired locations.

Obtaining Data

• To request access to ICEYE US data, complete the CSDA Authorization form. The CSDA team will verify if the user is authorized for data access.

• Search and download ICEYE data using the CSDA Satellite Data Explorer (SDX). An Earthdata Login is required.

Copyright

Data products and derivatives must contain the following copyright markings (where YYYY is the year of the image acquisition):

• For ICEYE data: “© ICEYE US, Inc., YYYY. All Rights Reserved.”
• For derivatives: "Includes copyrighted material of ICEYE US, Inc., All Rights Reserved.”
• A joint copyright notice may be used as appropriate

CSDA Acknowledgment

To help CSDA identify your publications, we request that you include the following acknowledgment when publishing work created using these data:

"This work utilized data made available through the NASA Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program."Authorized users should send CSDA a courtesy copy of any publications that include CSDA-distributed data.

Evaluations

• Radiometric & Geometric Quality Assessment Report
• PI Evaluation Summary Report

Documentation

The most recent SAR Product Guide is available at sar.iceye.com/latest.

Authorized Data Use and Users

Access to this data is governed by the CSDA End User License Agreements (EULAs). The minimum access level for data is the USG license. Depending on the specific data products provided, some or all data may also be available under higher-tier CSDA licenses, including USG‑Plus and Public licenses.

Under the applicable license tier, authorized users may include:

• U.S. Government federal employees
• State, local, territorial, and tribal government personnel
• U.S. Government contractors and subcontractors
• U.S. Government–funded researchers and academic partners
• Other users authorized under applicable CSDA license levels (USG, USG‑Plus, or Public)

All data use must comply with the terms of the EULA. All data requests must be reviewed and approved by NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program.

ICEYE Data Available through the CSDA Program

Imaging Modes	Ground Resolution
Dwell modes Dwell modes extract unmatched information from a single, long duration radar imaging event. See every detail in incredible clarity with enhanced image quality, reduced noise, and outputs that highlight man-made features from those occurring naturally. Dwell Precise, the industry’s highest fidelity 25cm imaging product, is the latest addition to our Dwell family.	0.25m
Spot modes Spot modes enable very high resolution – up to 50cm – combined with the largest available scene size for detailed monitoring. Customers use Spot modes for high acuity object identification and site monitoring.	0.5m
Strip modes Strip is a versatile workhorse, perfect for detecting changes to large sea and land areas. Customers often use Strip mode resolution to understand and respond to natural disasters, illegal activities, and to persistently monitor borders, coastal regions, and waterways and infrastructure.	3m
Scan modes Scan mode leverages maximum mechanical and electronic capabilities of our satellites. This mode is particularly adept at applying vast area coverage to maritime domain awareness, natural resource management, and gross topographical change detection like land subsidence.	15m
Additional Offering	Frequency
Ground Track Repeat Collects The satellite returns to the exact same orbital path on a predictable daily cadence. Same geometry. Same viewing angle. Every single day. GTR is available in all modes except Scan modes.	Daily repeat

Research Using ICEYE Data

ICEYE CSDA Publications in Zotero

Learning Resources

For more information about the commercial data from ICEYE available through the CSDA program, see the ICEYE NASA CSDA Vendor Focus webinar.

• For more information about the commercial data from ICEYE available through the CSDA program, see the ICEYE NASA CSDA Vendor Focus webinar.
• The ICEYE US Resources Hub gives research, government, and commercial users access to SAR datasets, technical product documentation, educational webinars, and industry guides. These materials help analysts, engineers, and decision-makers understand, evaluate, and operationalize synthetic aperture radar satellite data for their specific mission requirements.

The ICEYE US Resources Hub gives research, government, and commercial users access to SAR datasets, technical product documentation, educational webinars, and industry guides. These materials help analysts, engineers, and decision-makers understand, evaluate, and operationalize synthetic aperture radar satellite data for their specific mission requirements.

Top Banner Image: A frozen river system imaged by the ICEYE synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation on February 11, 2026, demonstrating high-resolution SAR data available through NASA's CSDA program. CREDIT: ICEYE US