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NovaSAR-1 is a radar Earth-observation mission launched on 2018-09-16 into a sun-synchronous orbit of about 588 km.^[1] The spacecraft carries the NovaSAR SAR payload and an AIS receiver on the SSTL-300 platform.^[2] Its radar imaging is associated with a 750 km swath and tasking support for maritime surveillance, flood monitoring, disaster response, forestry, and crop assessment.^[3] Launch was performed on PSLV-C42.^[4]

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current status	Extended operations
operator	Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
platform	SSTL-300 bus
launch vehicle	PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)
Launched	2018-09-16
orbit type	Sun-synchronous, about 588 km
swath km	750
tasking supported	Yes
current geographic priority	Maritime surveillance, flood monitoring, disaster response, forestry and crop assessment
claim status	Unclaimed

Supply chain position

built on platform SSTL-300 bus

operated by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd

launched on PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)

related to Flooding

related to Disaster damage assessment

related to Crop stress and yield

related to Vessel tracking

Sources

[1]SSTL confirms successful launch of NovaSAR-1 and SSTL S1-4 satellitesoperator press2026-06-21
[2]NovaSAR-S, eoPortal mission directorycommunity2026-06-21
[3]UK radar satellite NovaSAR-1 launches successfully, UK Space Agencyagency doc2026-06-21
[4]PSLV-C42 mission, ISROagency doc2026-06-21
[5]Indian PSLV launches two British satellites, NASASpaceFlightthird party2026-06-21

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NovaSAR-1. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/missions/novasar-1 (CC BY 4.0)

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:novasar-1,
  title = {NovaSAR-1},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/novasar-1}
}