US EditionNASA-ISRO Mission: 'NISAR Satellite Launch by July 30,’ Chairman V Narayanan Confirms, Drops Update on Gaganyaan Mission
INDIA, JUL 27 – The $1.5 billion satellite, weighing 2,392 kg, will provide global Earth surface data every 12 days to aid disaster management, climate research, and resource monitoring, officials said.
- The joint NASA and ISRO satellite, known as NISAR, is planned to be launched on July 30, 2025, from Sriharikota using India’s GSLV Mk-II launcher.
- The mission follows a decade-long collaboration between NASA and ISRO, formalized by a 2014 agreement to build a dual-frequency radar satellite for Earth observation.
- NISAR carries an L-band radar from NASA and an S-band radar from ISRO, featuring a 12-meter gold-plated antenna enabling millimeter-precision mapping of Earth's surface changes.
- The $1.5 billion satellite will orbit at 747 km altitude, producing open-access data within hours to track phenomena like earthquakes, glaciers, vegetation, and disasters globally.
- This mission will enhance scientific understanding of climate change and natural hazards while exemplifying international cooperation, and its success could lead to further uncrewed missions ahead of India's Gaganyaan program.
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Historic joint mission between US and India could change the way we see Earth - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
(CNN) — A first-of-its-kind satellite will soon launch to track nearly imperceptible changes on Earth’s surface, an effort that could aid with responses to natural disasters. Called the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar mission, or NISAR, the spacecraft is equipped with two kinds of synthetic aperture radar designed by the US space agency and the Indian Space Research Organization in the countries’ first joint satellite project. The radar, pion…
ISRO-NASA joint satellite 'NISAR' to launch today from Sriharikota
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NASA are set to launch their collaborative Earth observation satellite, NISAR, on Wednesday, at 5:40 p.m. IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The mission, valued at $1.5 billion, aims to revolutionise the way we monitor Earth’s surface, particularly in tracking natural disasters and environmental changes. Dual-band observation of Earth NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Ape…
NASA-ISRO mission: 'NISAR satellite launch by July 30,’ Chairman V Narayanan confirms, drops update on Gaganyaan mission
NASA-ISRO mission: Indian Space Research Organisation plans to launch the NISAR satellite via GSLV-S16 rocket by July 30. Three uncrewed missions are scheduled before the Gaganyaan Mission.
Nisar: The billion-dollar radar that can see through clouds and darkness
In just 97 minutes, Nisar will circle the planet once, and in 12 days, it will have mapped nearly every inch of Earth’s landmass and ice sheets. For scientists, climate researchers, and disaster managers, this is a dream come true.
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