NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

NISAR

Launch Time
NET February, 2025

Rocket

GSLV Mk II
Image Credit: ISRO
ISRO
Status: Active
Price: $47.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,887 kN
Payload to LEO: 5,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 2,500 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 51.7 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.0 m
Fairing Height: 7.8 m

Mission Details

NISAR

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR satellite, will use advanced radar imaging to map the elevation of Earth's land and ice masses 4 to 6 times a month at resolutions of 5 to 10 meters. It is designed to observe and measure some of the planet's most complex natural processes, including ecosystem disturbances, ice-sheet collapse, and natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and landslides.

Under the terms of the agreement, NASA will provide the mission's L band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), a high-rate telecommunication subsystem for scientific data, GPS receivers, a solid-state recorder, and a payload data subsystem. ISRO will provide the satellite bus, an S band synthetic aperture radar, the launch vehicle, and associated launch services.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,800.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India