New Delhi: Finnish company ICEYE, which has the world’s largest synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation and a major player in defence and security, is planning to set up a manufacturing and assembly facility in India, ThePrint has learnt.

Incidentally, India is an existing customer of the company when it comes to the ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) grid for border surveillance. It has provided the Government of India access to over 10,000 images with up to 20 revisit opportunities a day, with a turnaround commitment of one day.

The success of the company comes from building microsatellites that are smaller, faster, and cheaper to produce. This allows satellites to be used in clusters, providing much faster and more accurate data than traditional solut

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