Below is a collection of headlines, notices, and archived newsletters from the Alaska Satellite Facility’s News & Notes. View the latest newsletters below, and for training notices click here.
Changes coming to ASF SearchAPI
May 9, 2025
On May 21, 2025, an update will be delivered to the ASF API that will result in a 30-second timeout on searches when using SearchAPI. This will affect large list searches and Vertex searches set for 5,000 results.
To avoid this time limit on large searches, we recommend using the asf_search Python package, which will not be affected.
Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions.
NISAR Sample Data Now Available
The NISAR project team has created sample products using JAXA ALOS-1 PALSAR data as a surrogate for NISAR. The sample ...
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Sentinel-1 data file size increases
A result of the transition made by ESA to its new Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem is that Sentinel-1 data files ...
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NASA announces that RADARSAT-1 data are Open Data at ASF
NASA has announced that all RADARSAT-1 data archived at the Alaska Satellite Facility Distributed Active Archive Center (ASF DAAC) are ...
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Global SAR Mosaic Datasets Available from JAXA
Explore the Earth like never before with Global Mosaics and Maps created from data acquired by the JERS-1 (1992-98), ALOS ...
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ASF Receives New NASA Contract Award
The Alaska Satellite Facility was recently awarded NASA’s Earth Radar Data Operations Management contract for another 5 years. The continued ...
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ASF Vertex Data Search is now available in Spanish!
In response to many requests from our users, the powerful Vertex search application is now available in a Spanish version. ...
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ASF OpenScienceLab featured this month
The NASA Earthdata website currently highlights OpenSciecneLab (OSL) in its Data Tool in Focus section. OSL is an ASF service ...
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JPL uses data from ASF for the ARIA Project
The JPL/CalTech ARIA Project utilizes SAR data and GPS for detecting and measuring ground deformation and creating predictive models. Cloud-based ...
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Sentinel-1B satellite mission ends
The European Space Agency announced today that efforts to repair the failed C-band SAR sensor onboard the Sentinel-1B satellite have ...
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Sentinel-1 images reveal changes in the Earth’s surface over one year
A new set of satellite radar-derived images provides a novel view of the face of Earth in unprecedented detail, advancing ...
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Sentinel-1 InSAR StoryMap
In honor of National GIS Day 2021, ASF published a StoryMap exploring the ASF Sentinel-1 On Demand InSAR products. The ...
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ASF Celebrates 30 Years of Operations
For 30 years, ASF has provided consistent, high-quality access to Earth observation data acquired from space and from air. From ...
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