Seeing Through Clouds and Time: NASA–ISRO’s NISAR Now in Orbit

NASA and ISRO today launched the NISAR satellite—a joint venture costing $1.5 billion—on a GSLV Mark II rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The mission, officially titled the NASA–ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), is the first dual-frequency radar-equipped Earth-watching satellite in the world.

 

What is Special About NISAR?

Why Does It Matter

A Decade in the Making

The mission will revolutionize how we track and respond to change on our planet—starting a new era of accurate Earth science and climate resilience.

 

Sources: Times of India, Financial Express, NASA JPL