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Australian researchers in industries such as agriculture and disaster management can, from today, apply to direct the Earth observation satellite NovaSAR-1, which is part-managed by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency.
This will be the first time Australia has managed its own source of Earth observational data.
NovaSAR-1 was developed in the UK and uses S-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to take high-resolution images of Earth from space. Since 2017, CSIRO has owned a 10% share of the satellite’s time, enabling the agency to collect data over the country.
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