NISAR Mission

Objectives and Applications

3-year mission to study solid earth deformation (earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides), changes in ice (glaciers, sea ice) and changes in vegetation biomass

Mission Summary

Full Name
NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar
aka Dual Frequency SAR Mission
Mission Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
NASA, ISRO
Launch Date
2025
Mission Links
mission site | data access portal
EOL Date
Feb 2028
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
100 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.4 deg
Orbit Altitude
747 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
18:00
Repeat Cycle
12 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

L-band SAR (NISAR) - L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) (NISAR)
S-band SAR (NISAR) - S-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) (NISAR)

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
LandLandscape topography L-band SAR (NISAR)
Soil moisture S-band SAR (NISAR)
Vegetation L-band SAR (NISAR)
Multi-purpose imagery (land) L-band SAR (NISAR)
Snow & IceSea ice cover, edge and thickness L-band SAR (NISAR)

OpenSearch Datasets

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