Novel spy satellites – sponsor is based in Berlin

Berlin. High-resolution satellite images could give Ukraine a decisive advantage in the war against Putin’s troops.

Few companies are as helpful to Ukraine and earn as much from the war against Russia as Rheinmetall. The armory supplies tanks, ammunition – and now also satellite images.

The company from Düsseldorf is expanding and is recently pushing into the Space business. It happens in quick succession:

The group has been participating in the company since June 2024 World’s largest fleet of radar reconnaissance satellites, an ICEYE.
In September 2024, Rheinmetall said it decided to… Cooperation to deepen.
Now the cooperation is bearing fruit: Ukraine has been receiving pictures of these so-called people since October SAR satellites.

The “sponsors” of Ukraine

Military aid is the result of one thing Offers between three parties: Ukraine, Rheinmetall and the Federal Government. She is the client and therefore the financier.

The force’s satellite-based communications system is already being modernized with around 1.4 billion euros from the Bundeswehr’s special funds and the regular defense budget. Seen in this way, Rheinmetall’s new expertise is… national security interest.

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Finns also work for the US Army and NASA

ICEYE is one Success story. The company, based in Espoo, Finland, has only been around for ten years and initially offered Earth observation data. She is now active worldwide, including a base in the USA, where she also works for the armed forces and NASA.

ICEYE’s SAR satellite. Ukraine can access its data.
© ICEY

The Finns have a special ability, almost an island competence: SAR satellites. SAR stands for Synthetic Aperture Radar. They are small reconnaissance satellites in the lower orbit. ICEYE has 38 of them and plans to launch in the next two years.

Spy images even at night and in fog

Fully regardless of weather and time of day You can take high-resolution images that are very detailed; Even the smallest objects on the earth’s surface can be identified. This is an advantage at the front: for surveillance, target acquisition, reconnaissance.

Basically, surprise attacks in the classic sense should almost no longer exist. The battlefield is monitored virtually in real time by drones and satellites. ICEYE’s radar reconnaissance satellites will then also clarify this Last blind spot on.

Ready for war in space

Rheinmetall can book specific capacities as well as access SAR data from the entire fleet. So far, one satellite has been available for Ukraine. The financier had died Serhiy Prytula Charitable Foundationa foreign organization supporting the army. The Rheinmetall deal expands the military field of vision.

Capital Inside by Jörg Quoos, editor-in-chief of the FUNKE central editorial team

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