NISAR Mission

The NISAR (NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) is a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). 

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Key Highlights

• It will observe Earth’s evolving surface including changes in ice sheets and glaciers, wetlands and forests, and land around volcanoes and earthquake faults.
• It can measure the tectonic plate movements accurately.  
• It was envisioned by NASA and ISRO in 2014. 
• The mission can map the entire globe in 12 days and provide essential information for observing the changes in the earth’s ecosystem. 
• It is scheduled to be launched in 2024.
• The NISAR observatory will be launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh). 
• It is the first radar imaging satellite to use dual frequency.