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# Italy's IRIDE pathfinder satellite beams back first Earth image
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-28-italy-iride-pathfinder-first-image/
- Published: 2025-03-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:02:18.000Z
- Description: ESA presented the first image from Italy's IRIDE pathfinder satellite, a 2.66 metre resolution strip over Fano and Rome, the first capability reached by the Recovery Fund financed Earth observation constellation.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [European Space Agency press release, 28 March 2025](https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing%5Fthe%5FEarth/IRIDE/IRIDE%5Ffirst%5Fimage%5Fpresented%5Fat%5FESA%5FESRIN?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish when the full IRIDE constellation reaches operational service.

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