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- The ISRO-NASA joint mission NISER (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite, aimed at making global measurement of land surface changes using advanced radar imaging, is proposed to be launched in early 2023.
- It is a dual-band (L-band and S-band) radar imaging mission.
- It could observe minor changes in land, vegetation and cryosphere.
- NASA is developing L-band SAR and associated systems.
- ISRO is developing S-band SAR, spacecraft bus, the launch vehicle and associated launch services.
- NISER is one of the crucial collaborations of the ISRO and NASA.
- India and the U.S. had agreed upon this mission during then-President Barack Obama’s visit to India in 2015.
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