NISAR Mission: The NASA-ISRO Joint Earth Observation Satellite
UPSC Prelims Subject
Science and Technology (Space Technology, Satellites, Remote Sensing)
Environment and Geography (Earth Observation, Climate Change Monitoring, Disaster Management)
Key Highlights from the News
The first joint satellite built by NASA and ISRO, NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), will be launched on July 30.
The launch will take place from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, using the GSLV-F16 rocket.
It is an earth observation satellite.
This is the world's first satellite to use a dual-frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar with two different frequencies: NASA's L-band and ISRO's S-band.
It will be placed in a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 743 kilometers.
It can scan the entire world every 12 days and provide data day and night, in any weather condition.
It will help monitor various aspects such as disaster response, changes in Earth's surface, soil moisture, and vegetation dynamics.
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