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# Portugal and ICEYE sign contract for air force's first owned satellite
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-12-02-portugal-iceye-sar-satellite-contract/
- Published: 2025-12-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:00:10.000Z
- Description: ICEYE and the Portuguese Air Force signed a contract, entered into force on 2 December, for Portugal's first fully owned synthetic aperture radar satellite, giving the Air Force direct control over tasking and data from its own reconnaissance satellite.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [ICEYE press release, 2 December 2025](https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/iceye-and-portuguese-air-force-announce-first-direct-satellite-procurement?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not disclose the contract's price or the satellite's planned launch date.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

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