NISAR First Light Images
Bawden, Gerald (HQ-DK000)
Hello EarthScope Community,
The first images from NISAR have been released and they are exceeding expectations.
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-isro-satellite-sends-first-radar-images-of-earths-surface/
We are still in the commission phase where we continue to check out, test, and refine the end-to-end system for the next month or so before we begin routine operations.
I would like to thank the EarthScope community for decades of unwavering support for the mission that became NISAR. The wait is about over and here is a small sample of what to expect. I’m truly looking forward to all your new discoveries that NISAR will enable.
Congrats to NISAR Science Team, the NISAR Project Science Team, the ISRO Science Team, countless JPL engineers, the ISRO teams at SAC, ISITE, and SHAR who all made this possible.
More on NISAR
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/nisar/
NISAR data will be accessible at the Alaska Satellite Facility
Go NISAR!
Gerald Bawden, Program Scientist for NISAR
Paul Rosen, Project Scientist for NISAR
Mitra Dutta, Program Executive for NISAR
Shanna McClain, Program Applications Lead for NISAR
Entire NISAR Science Team