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For Release: March 11, 1999
Media Advisory m99-049a


NASA SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR ADVANCED RADAR TECHNOLOGY

     NASA is seeking proposals for a low-cost, advanced 
imaging radar technology that will reduce the cost and 
enhance the performance of Earth observing satellites -- 
opening new opportunities for the U.S. commercial remote-
sensing industry. The Lightweight Synthetic Aperture mission, 
or "LightSAR," is part of NASA's long-term effort in the 
development and productive use of imaging radars. Past NASA 
radar missions, which have been short in duration, have 
established the potential of imaging radar to expand 
scientific knowledge of Earth and the planets.

Contact at Headquarters: David Steitz, 202/358-1730;
Contact at Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Diane Ainsworth, 
818/354-5011.

For full text of the release, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-040.txt

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