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Final Up to date: January 31, 2023, 12:54 IST
An artist’s rendering of the Nasa-Isro collectively developed NISAR satellite tv for pc which will likely be launched in September this yr (Picture: Nasa)
NISAR is the primary main three way partnership within the satellite tv for pc phase the place Indian and American house companies, Isro and Nasa, have collaborated.
After nearly a decade, the work on the lengthy awaited joint India-US challenge to construct one of the crucial superior and costly earth statement satellites, NISAR, has been accomplished, the Instances of India stated in a report.
The Instances of India report stated that the dual-band payload will likely be flagged off from Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) within the US for India on February 1.
The satellite tv for pc, which weighs round 2.8 tonnes, will likely be launched from Sriharikota later this yr in September. The Instances of India report stated that the payload will likely be flagged off from JPL, California by Indian House Analysis Group (ISRO) chairman S Somanath on Wednesday and will probably be despatched to Bengaluru’s UR Rao Satellite tv for pc Centre in Bengaluru.
As soon as it reaches Bengaluru, will probably be built-in with the satellite tv for pc after which to Sriharikota, from the place will probably be launched in September, individuals conversant in the developments instructed the Instances of India.
The NASA-ISRO Artificial Aperture Radar (NISAR) value an estimated $1.5 billion. NISAR can measure the planet’s altering ecosystems, ice sheet collapses, rise in sea degree, depletion of groundwater ranges, increase tsunami and volcanic eruptions alerts.
Isro and Nasa got here collectively to construct the NISAR satellite tv for pc in September 2014. The Instances of India report stated that India despatched its S-band SAR payload to combine it with the US-built L-band.
NISAR, as soon as launched, will observe Earth’s land and ice-covered surfaces globally each 12 days and pattern the planet on common six days, the Instances of India stated, quoting Nasa.
The satellite tv for pc could have a mission lifetime of minimal three years. It would additionally use its superior radar imaging to map the elevation of land and ice plenty 4 to 6 instances each month.
NISAR will reveal info concerning the evolution and state of Earth’s crust and permit scientists to higher perceive local weather change and likewise assist throughout pure disasters utilizing info offered by the satellite tv for pc.
Nasa has offered NISAR with the L-band SAR, a high-rate telecommunication subsystem for scientific information GPS receivers, a solid-state recorder and a payload information subsystem, the ToI stated in its report. Isro has offered NISAR with a satellite tv for pc bus, an S-band SAR, launch automobile (GSLV Mk II) and different launch companies.
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