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NISAR Mission Launches: First Earth Images Revealed

10/1/2025

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The NISAR mission, a NASA-ISRO collaboration, launched July 30, 2025 to observe and map Earth.
First images in August 2025 show Maine’s coast and North Dakota’s landscape.
The L-band SAR resolves objects to 15 feet, aiding disaster response and agricultural management.
The mission includes an S-band radar for observing small vegetation and full science begins November 2025.

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Story summary

The NISAR mission, a NASA-ISRO collaboration, launched July 30, 2025 to observe and map Earth.
First images in August 2025 show Maine’s coast and North Dakota’s landscape.
The L-band SAR resolves objects to 15 feet, aiding disaster response and agricultural management.
The mission includes an S-band radar for observing small vegetation and full science begins November 2025.