NISAR Program
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) is a joint Earth-observation program that uses L-band and S-band radar to monitor changes in Earth’s land, ice, vegetation, water, and hazards. Launched on 30 July 2025, NISAR completed commissioning and entered its science operations phase in early January 2026, providing global land and ice observations on a regular repeat cycle for environmental research and applications.
Identity
- Aliases
- NISARNASA-ISRO SARNASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture RadarNISAR Mission
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- NISAR Program
- Status
- active
- Types
- scienceresearchoperations
Details
- Description
- The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) is a joint Earth-observation program that uses L-band and S-band radar to monitor changes in Earth’s land, ice, vegetation, water, and hazards. Launched on 30 July 2025, NISAR completed commissioning and entered its science operations phase in early January 2026, providing global land and ice observations on a regular repeat cycle for environmental research and applications.
- Leads
- Participants
- Start Date
- 2025-07-30
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 13:47:34 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 13:47:34 UTC