Chennai, July 28 -- A decade-old labour of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) gave birth to the NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite.
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite, a testament to equal partnership forged on September 30, 2014, is ready for liftoff from India's Sriharikota rocket port aboard the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F16 (GSLV-F16).
The complex payloads and mainframe systems have been designed, developed, qualified and realised over a period of 8 to 10 years, said ISRO.
The S-Band SAR and L-Band SAR were independently developed, integrated and tested at ISRO and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPA), NASA respectivel...