Animal tracking via satellites is set to resume soon following the relaunch of the 'Icarus' project (International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space), which had been suspended for three years. The Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior in Constance, southern Germany, announced that a SpaceX rocket launched a satellite equipped with a small receiver into orbit two days ago, with more satellites to follow in the coming years. Martin Wikelski, the institute's director and project founder, explained that the device, at an altitude of 500 kilometers, picks up signals from small transmitters attached to migratory birds, bats, or sea turtles. The data reveals the animals' locations and their migration paths, which aids in behavioral research, species conservation, and combating the spread of infectious diseases. For the first time, the system is expected to operate globally and in near real-time, according to Wikelski. The 'Icarus' project was launched aboard the International Space Station in 2020, and an antenna on the Russian module transmitted data to researchers until 2022. However, after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, cooperation between the German and Russian space agencies ceased, and the data flow was cut off.