Олег Онопрієнко War 22 April 2025, 08:35

Ukrainian intelligence will receive satellite images from Japan

For the first time in history, Japan will share satellite intelligence information with a foreign country.

Japan has agreed to transfer satellite geospatial data to Ukraine, including high-precision radar images obtained from orbital vehicles operating using SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) technology, DeepState reports with reference to Intelligence Online.

It is reported that the negotiations took place in early February, and the corresponding agreement was signed last week. The agreement signed with the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine also provides for the integration of the iQPS Institute's systems into the Ukrainian intelligence platforms. Both parties agreed that it would take them two to three months to configure the programming tools and receive the images.

Today, five iQPS satellites are already operating in orbit, and the launch of new devices is planned by the end of 2026. Japan has become the fourth country to provide Ukraine with SAR images.

Ukraine already has access to SAR images from:

Finland — Iceye.
Germany — SAR-Lupe, SARah.
Italy — Cosmo-SkyMed 1 and 2.
Japan (iQPS).

We previously reported that the German government will sponsor Ukraine's access to the French company Eutelsat's satellite internet network as Europe looks for alternatives to Elon Musk's Starlink.

By 2030, the Ministry of Defense plans to launch its own defense satellites into orbit under the auspices of the newly created Space Policy Office .