{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"India Tech Report","title":"Historic NASA-ISRO satellite launched, Harvard researchers show quantum optical systems breakthrough, and more","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":334,"description":"Daily brief on deep tech and climate tech news from India and around the world.\nNISAR, a world first dual band synthetic aperture radar built jointly by ISRO and NASA was successfully launched on a GSLV-F16 rocket.\nISRO, NASA launch historic NISAR satellite to revolutionize Earth observation\nIn the successful launch of a historic satellite mission being conducted jointly by Indian Space Research Organisation and America’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite, was sent to space yesterday onboard ISRO’s GSLV-F16 rocket from Sriharikota, according to an update provided by ISRO.\nNISAR is the world’s first Earth observation satellite equipped with dual-frequency L- and S-band synthetic aperture radars. the 2,393-kg spacecraft will operate in a 747-kilometre Sun-synchronous orbit for at least three years.\nListen to the podcast\n\nNISAR will scan the globe every 12 days, providing high-resolution, all-weather imagery critical for tracking earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, ice sheet movement, and environmental changes. The $1.5 billion mission, featuring a 12-meter deployable antenna and state-of-the-art SweepSAR technology, exemplifies a decade-long Indo-US partnership. SweepSAR stands for sweep synthetic aperture radar, and the technology enables both wide area coverage and fine spatial resolution in Earth observation.\nAll data will be freely accessible, supporting global disaster management, infrastructure monitoring, climate science, and sustainable development for both advanced and developing regions.\nHarvard shrinks quantum computing with chip-thin metasurface\nHarvard University researchers have engineered what they describe as an ultra-thin ‘metasurface’ that collapses complex quantum optical systems onto a single chip, according to a news post on the university’s website. The device, which leverages nanoscale structures to precisely control light, offers a compact replacement for bulky quantum setups...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/klwtZi6_OVxR1RQx-EUqBBLq9JNmkk2p0xt3ov7-eeg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kYjRi/MTNkNDVhMTVlOThm/MDM4ZmVlYjFmZGNl/OGFiNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}