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 "slug": "poland-polsaris-mikrosar-sovereign-reconnaissance-satellites-spacex-transporter-16-iceye-12-months",
 "title": "Poland's POLSARIS MikroSAR Satellites Launched on SpaceX Transporter-16; ICEYE Delivers Constellation Within 12 Months",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/poland-polsaris-mikrosar-sovereign-reconnaissance-satellites-spacex-transporter-16-iceye-12-months/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/poland-polsaris-mikrosar-sovereign-reconnaissance-satellites-spacex-transporter-16-iceye-12-months/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-03-30T02:00:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:52:53.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVandenberg, 30 March 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Two ICEYE-built MikroSAR synthetic aperture radar satellites for the Polish military launched on 30 March on the SpaceX Transporter-16 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base; ICEYE handed over the constellation to the Polish Armed Forces within 12 months of contract signature\n * POLSARIS is the sovereign Polish Earth Observation constellation; SAR capability provides imaging through clouds, in fog and at night with resolution u",
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  "polish-lithuanian-axis",
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