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For Further InformationNISAR launched from India on July 30, 2025.
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Launched July 30, 2025; scanning nearly all land and ice twice every 12 days.
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Earth The curved path an object takes as it travels around a planet, moon or star, like a satellite circling Earth. Glossary, launched from India.
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Detecting ground and ice motion of about a centimeter helps with earthquakes, landslides, sinking ground, glaciers and crops.
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NISAR launched from India on July 30, 2025. Its two radars (NASA's L-band and ISRO's S-band) see through clouds and darkness, scanning nearly all of Earth's land and ice surfaces twice every 12 days.
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By comparing passes, it can detect ground or ice moving by about a centimeter, useful for earthquakes, landslides, sinking ground, glaciers and crops.
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Saving Planets. (n.d.). NISAR (NASA–ISRO). https://www.savingplanets.com/NISAR.html
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