India, May 11 -- Indian Space Research Organisation chairman Dr. V. Narayanan today said that the NASA-ISRO synthetic approach radar satellite is likely to be launched next month. Talking to Akashvani Agartala on the sidelines of the 5th Convocation ceremony of the Central Agriculture University, Imphal, held at the College of Fisheries at Agartala, he said the radar satellite has two major payloads and has a microwave remote sensing satellite. He said, one payload has been made by the US and another by India.

Further, he said, during India's G20 presidency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that India would build a G20 satellite. The satellite's function will be to study climate-related activities. The ISRO chief said, 50 perce...