News Analysis / NISAR Mission
Published on: February 09, 2023
Source: The Hindu
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The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, United States, recently held a send-off ceremony for NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar).
NISAR will be the first radar of its kind in space to systematically map Earth, using two different radar frequencies (L-band and S-band) to measure changes in our planet's surface less than a centimeter across.
What is the NISAR Mission?
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NISAR has been built by space agencies of the US and India under a partnership agreement signed in 2014.
It is expected to be launched in January 2024 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre into a near-polar orbit.
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