Ukrainian celebrity crowdfunds radar satellite for armed forces

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-celebrity-crowdfunds-radar-satellite-armed-forces-2022-08-18/

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The satellites differ from conventional ones due to their synthetic radar imaging technology, which can produce high-resolution images at night, and see through cloud cover, ICEYE says.

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Prytula, whose foundation has conducted several fundraising drives to help the war effort, said the money for the satellites had been raised in June by the "People's Bayraktar" crowdfunding initiative, which sought to purchase three Bayraktar TB2 combat drones from Turkish manufacturer Baykar Defense.
Responding to the wave of publicity caused by that initiative, Baykar handed over three drones for free.
As a result, Prytula said he was able to use the money he had raised, which his foundation says currently stands at over 2 billion hryvnia ($55 million), to purchase access to the ICEYE satellite.

Ukrainian celebrity crowdfunds radar satellite for armed forces

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