Consider the following statements regarding “NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR)”: 1. It is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) observatory being jointly developed by NASA and ISRO. 2. It will map the entire globe in 12 days and provide spatially and temporally consistent data for understanding changes in Earth’s ecosystems. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? |ForumIAS

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: C

Notes:

Explanation: NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) observatory being jointly developed by NASA and ISRO.

NISAR will map the entire globe in 12 days and provide spatially and temporally consistent data for understanding changes in Earth’s ecosystems, ice mass, etc.
The 2,800 kilograms satellite consists of both Lband and S-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) instruments, which makes it a dualfrequency imaging radar satellite.

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