The Indian Space Research Organisation’s Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter, continuing its mission around the Moon since 2019, has delivered unprecedented insights into the lunar polar regions.

Scientists at ISRO’s Space Applications Centre (SAC) in Ahmedabad have utilised data from the mission’s Dual Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (DFSAR) to produce the first full-polarimetric, L-band radar maps of the Moon at a high spatial resolution of 25 meters per pixel.

This milestone marks a major advancement in lunar exploration, as the DFSAR instrument, operating in both vertical and horizontal transmission and reception modes, allows scientists to probe the surface and subsurface properties of the Moon with remarkable accuracy.

Over the past five years, nearly 1,400 radar datasets have been collected

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