New Scan Wide Imaging Mode Launched for Synthetic Aperture Radar

ICEYE is launching the new Scan Wide imaging mode for its suite of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging products, offering users the largest scene size available in its portfolio to date.

With Scan Wide, operators can now image an area of 60,000 km² in a single scene. Scan Wide also supports multi-frame tasking, enabling users to capture 120,000 km² in a single acquisition. This large scene size is particularly useful for maritime applications such as dark vessel search and oil spill monitoring.

Scan Wide extends ICEYE’s imaging capabilities, enabled by its phased-array imaging technology. ICEYE provides a comprehensive range of imaging modes, from 25 cm resolution Dwell and Spot modes with a 5 km x 5 km footprint to the 27 m resolution Scan Wide mode with a 200 km x 300 km footprint, with multiple resolution and scene size combinations between these extremes.

With ICEYE’s product capabilities, users can leverage Scan Wide to conduct large-area intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR). For instance, Scan Wide can help analysts identify suspicious activity such as illicit ship-to-ship transshipment or vessels that have disabled their Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) to mask illegal activity. Once these threats are identified with Scan Wide, users can deploy ICEYE’s 25 cm and 50 cm modes such as Dwell Precise and Spot Fine to better characterize the activity.

The Scan Wide footprint and resolution are additionally well-suited for applications such as oil spill detection and monitoring. Scan Wide is supported on all satellites in the rapidly growing ICEYE fleet.

John Cartwright, ICEYE’s SVP of Product for Data, commented, “By adding Scan Wide to our imaging portfolio, we enable users to ‘zoom out’ to search wide areas, and then ‘zoom in’ for high-resolution collections of targets of interest, tipping and cueing all within the same, seamless user experience. ICEYE is unique among operators of its class in this extraordinary flexibility. We will continue to take advantage of our satellite technology to innovate new products that help our customers answer questions faster and more reliably, providing a powerful information advantage.”