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Satellite:
NI-SAR
Satellite details
Acronym
NI-SAR
Full name
NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar
Satellite Description
Single flight unit of the NISAR programme.
Main mission: hydrology, soil moisture, biomass.
Mission implemented by two coordinated SARs, in L- and S- band, respectively.
Mass at launch
Dry mass
Power
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
747 km
ECT
06:00 desc
Space agency
NASA
, ISRO
Status
Planned
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
≥2023
EOL
≥2026
Last update:
2021-06-14
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
NI-SAR
Acronym
Full name
SAR-L (NISAR)
SAR-L for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar
SAR-S (NISAR)
SAR-S for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar
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Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
NI-SAR
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed
Telecommunication frequency or microwave sensing channel information Show expert details
Service
Dir or Mode
Frequency
Emission designator
Bandwidth
Polarisation
D/A
Data rate or Baseband
Comments
SAR-L
active
1260 - 1260 MHz
N/R kHz
-
A
L-band SAR
SAR-S
active
3200 - 3200 MHz
N/R kHz
-
A
S-band SAR