Why Buying Iceye Satellite Fund is a great step to win over Russia
In the project #Russia will pay for half a year how to digitize images from satellites and drones to recognize the damage caused by Russian aggression in Ukraine, to evaluate losses and plan the projects of reconstruction. Therefore, I will just tell you why these images are always not enough: 1. Unlike Hollywood, there is no constant observation of every point of the Earth. There should be not even thousands, but millions of satellites to do this, to constantly fly over the right points.
Therefore, the military satellites always need more. As more drones are needed. When you see the news "Satellite Images" - it's not about "seeing everything in the world now. " And about "we see a little more. " 2. But NATO gives us . . . Yes, something gives us. But strangely enough, they did not give us all their satellite group. As they did not give all their missiles and tanks.
And what comes, clearly - what is, and not: "Sir John, and in the morning you will return this satellite to such an angle, because we have conceived a secret operation there?". But even if given - see the first item. These are not "and now intelligence can retire. " Think, if everything was always visible from satellites, why would the Americans and drones of reconnaissance? 3. Most satellites are busy at the same time a bunch of work, so the result turns out as it turns out.
At the same time, even flying over a particular area, the angle of view is not so large. Even a small city does not fall in one piece, if it is simple. Therefore, even NATO can't give us everything. 4. Even in NATO, there are not many "radar" satellites, it is a relatively new technology. Here all these images are Maxar that you see in the news is, first and foremost, an optical range.
Radar satellites are very needed, because, oddly enough, the earth is often closed with clouds and the front line is also smoke. And there is such a thing as a night - shocks, but at night the coolest camera in orbit sees a little worse. 5. A satellite image is not an "online camera" that Sergei Pritula can twist to see that you are doing a goal there in the yard. The images are loaded to the reception stations, processed and only then available to users.
This also imposes restrictions on the "performance" of a particular satellite. Have your exclusive - much faster than getting something from someone. 6. Prices. Satellite images are expensive. And exclusive images are even more expensive. This is still a closed industry that does not work in a very client -oriented way for big business and government agencies. There are no apish and easy access to open data, you can not buy something in five minutes by paying a card. Believe me, I tried.
So try to find cheaper. And right now. Separately ridiculous claims regarding the "company's income for the past five years", since the first Iceye satellite was launched in 2018 and formed a full group of 15 satellites in January 2022. 7. Why didn't the state do this? I do not know the honest answer. Probably bad with money at the same time.
War is very, very expensive, especially if you maintain the normality of life outside the front line, do not limit any consumption and reduce, rather than raise taxes. Therefore, it is good that volunteers and ordinary Ukrainians can put their shoulders. Of course, a separate "hello" to those statesmen who spent crazy money on the domestic satellite "Sich" that does not work. 8. Why is this a priority now? I can only guess. As you can see, we have more and more long -range means.