News ICEYE's 'suitcase space radar' returns first image

[Notebook]

Finnish start-up ICEYE has released a "first light" image from its novel radar satellite, which was launched to orbit last Friday.
The picture depicts a region of Alaska incorporating Noatak National Preserve.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42725349

 

[RGClark]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42725349

Thanks for that. I wonder if these radar images can be adapted to ground penetrating radar that can measure arctic ice depth. This is important for determining climate change and mapping routes through the ice for military and commercial shipping.

Bob Clark