US hands over NISAR satellite to ISRO

US hands over NISAR satellite to ISRO

Category : Science and Tech Published on: March 13 2023

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The US Air Force C-17 aircraft landed in Bengaluru on Wednesday and handed over NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) NISAR to the Indian space agency which marks a milestone in the US-India ties in space collaboration.
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar or NISAR is a part of the Indo-US collaboration.
NISAR is a satellite that is mutually developed by NASA and ISRO.
NISAR was envisioned by NASA and ISRO eight years ago in 2014.
It is expected to be launched in January 2024 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre into a near-polar orbit.The satellite will operate for a minimum of three years. It is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) observatory. NISAR will map the entire globe in 12 days.
NISAR will be the first radar of its kind in space to systematically map Earth, using two different radar frequencies (L-band and S-band) to measure changes in our planet's surface less than a centimeter across.

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