Bengaluru, July 30 -- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman V Narayanan on Wednesday, said that the GSLV F16 has successfully and precisely injected the NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite weighing 2,393 kg into its intended orbit in space.

The GSLV-F16 rocket successfully placed the Earth Observation Satellite, a joint collaboration between the Indian space agency with its US counterpart NASA, into its intended Sun-Synchronous Polar Orbit (SSPO) this evening on its scheduled time.

The ISRO Chairman congratulated the ISRO and NASA on their success and said, "This is our 102nd launch from 18 missions of GSLV. The previous F-15 mission was the 100th successful mission from Sriharikota."

The Chairman said that this is the first GSLV Mi...