NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

NISAR

Launch Time
Wed Jul 30, 2025 12:10 UTC

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: 2,393.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Stats

2025

167th orbital launch attempt

Indian Space Research Organisation

99th mission
3rd mission of 2025
83rd successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission

GSLV Mk I & II

18th mission
2nd mission of 2025
12th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission