India's Unprecedented Precision: NISAR Satellite's Stellar Journey | Science-Environment

India's Unprecedented Precision: NISAR Satellite's Stellar Journey | Science-Environment

India's Unprecedented Precision: NISAR Satellite's Stellar Journey ISRO Chairman V Narayanan has praised the successful deployment of the NISAR satellite as one of the most precise in the global arena. This achievement was made possible through the collaborative effort with NASA and was executed using India's own GSLV Mark vehicle.Speaking to reporters following the launch, Narayanan emphasized the significance of the event, detailing how the fi…

Trump Imposes Tariff on India | NISAR Satellite Launched | Russia Earthquake & Volcano Eruption

In a major policy move, Donald Trump has imposed a 25% tariff and penalty on India over trade and Russia ties. Meanwhile, India and the U.S. successfully launched the NISAR Earth observation satellite. In Russia, a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake triggered a dramatic eruption of the Klyuchevskoy volcano.

NASA-ISRO NISAR Satellite Successfully Launched for Advanced Earth Observation

On July 30, 2025, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite aboard the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)-F16 rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh (AP). This marks the first-ever joint Earth observation mission between ISRO and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States of America…

NASA, ISRO launch joint radar satellite for Earth observation

THE US and India on Wednesday launched a new radar satellite, NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), to monitor changes in Earth’s land and ice surfaces and improve prediction of natural and human-caused hazards.The satellite, about the size of a pickup truck, lifted off at around 5:40 pm (1210 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in southeastern India on an ISRO Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket. Livestream footage showed …

ISRO’s GSLV-F16 rocket successfully deploys NISAR satellite

New Delhi: About 18 minutes after lifting off at 17:30 hours IST from the second launch pad at India’s spaceport on the barrier island of Sriharikota, ISRO’s GSLV-F16 rocket successfully deployed the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite into a Sun Synchronous Polar Orbit (SSPO) at the desired altitude of 745 kilometres. The satellite carries two radar payloads, one made by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, the…

ISRO & NASA’s NISAR Satellite Soars Aboard GSLV-F16 to Track Earth's Weather

GSLV-F16 has successfully launched the 2,392-kg NISAR satellite into a sun-synchronous orbit. Developed jointly by ISRO and NASA, NISAR will monitor Earth’s surface, and more.