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IonQ Launches Commercial InSAR Capability, Enabling Automated, Millimeter-Scale Earth Monitoring
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 04, 2026--IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading quantum technology company, today announced the commercial launch of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) capabilities through its space missions line. The offering enables millimeter-precision ground deformation monitoring with fully automated tasking and data delivery – enabling customers to detect and track physical change on the Earth’s surface consistently, at a frequency and scale never previously available
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