Indo-US $1.5 billion Satellite Nisar launch on July 30

(*30*)

BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) Monday confirmed that the launch of the Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (Nisar) will occur on July 30 at 5.40pm from the spaceport in Sriharikota. The $1.5-billion satellite tv for pc is the primary joint Earth statement satellite tv for pc developed collectively by Isro and Nasa. “The launch will be carried out using Isro’s GSLV-F16 rocket,” Isro mentioned. TOI had reported final week that Isro was targetting finish of July to launch the satellite tv for pc.Nisar is a 2,392 kg satellite tv for pc outfitted with a dual-frequency artificial aperture radar (SAR), combining Nasa’s L-band and Isro’s S-band sensors. The satellite tv for pc options Nasa’s 12-metre unfurlable mesh reflector antenna, built-in with Isro’s modified I3K satellite tv for pc bus.“Once in orbit, GSLV-F16 will place Nisar into a 743 km sun-synchronous orbit with an inclination of 98.40°. Nisar will scan the entire globe every 12 days, providing high-resolution, all-weather, day-and-night data. Using SweepSAR technology for the first time, the satellite will observe Earth with a 242 km swath and fine spatial resolution,” Isro mentioned. Stating that the satellite tv for pc can detect refined modifications within the planet’s floor, together with floor deformation, ice sheet actions, and vegetation dynamics, Isro mentioned the mission will assist a variety of vital purposes corresponding to sea ice classification, ship detection, shoreline monitoring, storm monitoring, soil moisture mapping, floor water useful resource administration, and catastrophe response.“The launch marks a milestone in over a decade of collaboration between Isro and Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Technical teams from both agencies have worked together on the mission since its inception, building a platform that combines space-based radar observations with a focus on long-term global monitoring,” Isro mentioned.Isro chairman V Narayanan had informed TOI final week: “…This partnership is different from what we’ve had in the past. Like I’ve told you earlier, strength respects only strength and in this mission the fact that we are equal partners shows how Isro and India have grown.”