CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- NISAR
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Full Name
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NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar
aka Dual Frequency SAR Mission
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Status
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Approved
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Mission Agencies
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NASA , ISRO
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Launch Date
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Oct 2024
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Mission Links
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mission site | data access portal
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EOL Date
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Oct 2027
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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100 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Descending
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Orbit Inclination
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98.4 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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747 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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18:00
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Repeat Cycle
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12 days
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Objectives and Applications
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3-year mission to study solid earth deformation (earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides), changes in ice (glaciers, sea ice) and changes in vegetation biomass
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
No FedEO OpenSearch datasets found.
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