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Day in Review: NISAR's Giant Satellite Radar Antenna Reflector Deploys | PREFIRE Mission Extended

 
Day in Review

August 15, 2025

Earth
Seventeen days after NISAR's launch from southeastern India, an essential piece of science hardware has unfurled in orbit. Full Story, Images and Video
This artist's concept depicts one of the two identical PREFIRE CubeSats orbiting Earth.

Earth

The twin cube satellites will operate through at least September 2026, expanding focus from the poles to the whole planet to improve modelling and weather forecasts. Read More
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Day in Review: NISAR's Giant Satellite Radar Antenna Reflector Deploys | PREFIRE Mission Extended

Seventeen days after NISAR's launch from southeastern India, an essential piece of science hardware has unfurled in orbit.  Missions __...