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NISAR

NASA · ISRO

Radar satellite measuring how Earth’s surface moves, launched 2025.

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About 766 km above the Earth, moving at 7.46 km/s

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NISAR (satellite)

Joint NASA-ISRO synthetic radar aperture spacecraft

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) is an Earth observation satellite (EOS) equipped with dual-frequency synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) jointly developed by NASA and ISRO, launched by ISRO on 30 July 2025 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. It is the first radar imaging satellite to use dual frequencies. It is being used for remote sensing, to observe and understand natural processes on Earth.

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NASA · ISRO
International designator
2025-163A

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