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NISAR L-band SAR
NASA/JPL L-band synthetic aperture radar payload for NISAR.
NISAR L-band SAR is the L-band SweepSAR instrument on NISAR, using active microwave imaging and a wide-swath synthetic aperture radar architecture.[1][2] The instrument operates in L-band around 1.250-1.260 GHz, within a 1.215-1.3 GHz range for the L-band radar context.[1][2] Its SweepSAR mode supports about 242 km swath and 3 m range resolution, with single, dual, compact and quad-polarisation modes recorded for L-band operation.[1][2] SAR backscatter, InSAR surface deformation and polarimetric SAR decomposition are demonstrated through NISAR, so buyers should read those as demonstrated uses rather than inferred capabilities.[1][2] NISAR launched on 2025-07-30, and SAR-L utilization is recorded from October 2025 with end of life at or after 2029.[3][2]
Compositional position
- SAR backscatter imagingvia NISAR
NISAR nisar-l-band-sar supports SAR imaging, repeat-pass InSAR, and polarimetric SAR modes per NASA/ISRO mission sources.
- InSAR - surface deformationvia NISAR
NISAR nisar-l-band-sar supports SAR imaging, repeat-pass InSAR, and polarimetric SAR modes per NASA/ISRO mission sources.
- Polarimetric SAR - target decompositionvia NISAR
NISAR nisar-l-band-sar supports SAR imaging, repeat-pass InSAR, and polarimetric SAR modes per NASA/ISRO mission sources.
None on record.
- [1]NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) Mission Science Users Handbookagency doc2026-06-16
- [2]NISAR satellite record, WMO OSCARthird party2026-06-16
- [3]SAR-L (NISAR) instrument record, WMO OSCARthird party2026-06-16