Monday, August 24, 2026

Space Minds: What’s next for ISR in space

Catch up on our panel from Small Sat Europe
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08/24/2026

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In this episode, SpaceNews correspondent Debra Werner leads a panel of experts to discuss the role of ISR in space and what comes next. This session was recorded in May at SpaceNews’ defense stage in Amsterdam at Small Sat Europe. Joining the panel are:

  • Adrian Zevenbergen, CEO, European Space Imaging

  • Jan Smolders, CCO, Space Inventor

  • Dr. Eugene Kim, Executive Vice President, Satrec Intiative

  • Maxwell Keyte, Head of International Data Sales, ICEYE

  • Moderator: Debra Werner, Correspondent, SpaceNews


What's next for ISR in space

FROM THE CONVERSATION


Debra Werner: How are peacetime ISR requirements different from wartime ISR?


Maxwell Keyte: I'd say, from the point of view of Iceye, different in many many different ways. Just for context, Iceye provided thousands of intel products essentially into the active kill chain of Ukraine. And of course this is a war zone. We provided 7,000 images, and about 38% of this was used for the purpose of preparing strikes. If we then look at the the damages caused in terms of, say, monetary value to to Russia, the damage is billions. So the impact is significant, I would say. What we provide is hourly revisit, autonomous target recognition and then retasking within a single orbit. ... the tempo at which this was done, within an active conflict, is next level. And is entirely different from peacetime ISR, we believe.



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