Finland will set up a military Space Operations Center on Jan. 1, 2027, to run the country’s space defense and take over the three radar imaging satellites the Finnish Defence Forces bought from ICEYE, the Finnish Air Force announced on Oct. 30. Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen approved the new center, which will sit within Air […]

A Russian military satellite has maneuvered to within about 5 km (3 miles) of a commercial radar imaging satellite owned by ICEYE and appears to be holding position there, in what independent tracker Jonathan McDowell said may be the first rendezvous in low Earth orbit between two active satellites without the consent of one of […]