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NISAR LAUNCH: The world’s largest joint earth monitoring satellite will be launched today, the shared attempt of the decade of Indo-US scientists. Read full news.
NISAR launch: Reaching a new height of space cooperation between India and America, the Earth observation satellite NISAR jointly developed by NASA and ISRO is going to be launched from Sriharikota today. The purpose of this state -of -the -art satellite is to closely monitor the activities related to land, snow and ocean at the global level.
GSLV-F16 will have a historic flight
NISAR (NASA-Isro Syntic Aperture Radar) Satellite will be launched via GSLV-F16 rocket at 5:40 pm today. This satellite weighing 2,393 kg will be installed in Sun-Synchronous Polar Orbit. This is the first time the GSLV rocket will take a mission to this orbit.
Milestone in space cooperation
The NISAR mission has been prepared by ISRO and NASA scientists after 8 to 10 years of efforts. NASA has provided equipment like L-band radar, high-speed downlink system and GPS receiver, while ISRO has prepared S-band radar, satellite bus and launch system.
What will NISAR do?
This mission will imaging the surface of the earth and snow -covered areas every 12 days. This includes the study of glacier movement, seismic changes, forest structure, mountain activities and surface of oceans in sensitive areas such as Himalayas and Antarctica.
Scientific work will be done after commissioning
The initial 90 days after the launch have been kept for ‘in-orbit checkout’, in which the satellite will be designed for scientific operation. This will be followed by scientific data collection and analysis for 5 years of the mission.
At the forefront of scientific technology
The nisar satellite has a dual-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), which includes the NASA L-band and the S-band of ISRO. This technique uses the Sweepsar method, which makes the imaging of high resolution as well as broad fields.
New direction between ISRO and NASA
This mission is the biggest example of space cooperation between India and America. While ISRO will take over the responsibility of satellite control, NASA will plan for orbiting and radar operations. The ground station network of both the agencies will deliver this data to scientists around the world.
Nisar is not only a proof of the technical ability of India and the US, but it will also give a new direction to climate change, natural disasters and research on the global environment. This mission can prove to be an invaluable resource for protecting and understanding the earth in the coming years.
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