India, Feb. 14 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (IST) announced that the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite would soon be sent to the International Space Station (ISS).

Modi's announcement came after a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House during his visit to the United States.

"We have had close cooperation with the US in the field of space. The 'NISAR' satellite, built in collaboration with 'ISRO' and 'NASA', will soon fly into space on the Indian launch vehicle," said PM Modi while addressing the media.

Earlier, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman V Narayanan said that the space organisation's collaborative effort with NASA, the NISAR mission, was likely to be launched in...