NovaSAR-1 Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - NovaSAR-1 -

Full Name

NovaSAR-1
aka NovaSAR-S

Status

Operational (nominal)

Mission Agencies

UKSA , CSIRO , DOST-ASTI, ISRO , Space-Eyes

Launch Date

16 Sep 2018

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

Dec 2026

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

43619 (TLE)

International Designator

2018-071B

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

96.4 minutes

Orbit Sense

Ascending

Orbit Inclination

97.7 deg

Orbit Altitude

583 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

10:30

Repeat Cycle

16 days

Objectives and Applications

NovaSAR-1 is a low cost spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) programme employing a novel small satellite design capable of supporting the requirements of a high performance SAR payload. The main applications include maritime and forestry. It has a secondary AIS payload.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Atmospheric Winds	S-band SAR
Land	Vegetation	S-band SAR
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	S-band SAR
Snow & Ice	Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	S-band SAR

Mission Instruments

AIS - Automatic Identification System

S-band SAR - S-band SAR

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NovaSAR-1 New Tasking
Jan-2018

NovaSAR-1 is a technology demonstration mission intended to validate the performance of S-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). The application includes flood monitoring, agricultural crop assessment, forest monitoring (including temperate and rain forests), land use mapping, disaster management, and maritime applications. Read more

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