🇮🇳 [ISRO] NISAR Launch Thread
🇮🇳 [ISRO] NISAR Launch Thread
Mission info
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-07-30, 12:10 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2025-05-30, 17:40 (IST) |
| Launch site | Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India |
| Launch Vehicle | GSLV Mark II |
| Payloads | NISAR |
| Payload mass | 2,393.0 kg |
| Mission success criteria | Sun-Synchronous Orbit |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| ISRO | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgC1MxtCwq4 |
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFLaJHWwNN8 |
| The Launch Pad | none |
| International Rocket Launches | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJqzghdm8m4 |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight:
☑️ 2nd GSLV mission of 2025, 18th overall
☑️ 3rd ISRO mission this year, 99th overall
Mission details
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR satellite, will use advanced radar imaging to map the elevation of Earth's land and ice masses 4 to 6 times a month at resolutions of 5 to 10 meters. It is designed to observe and measure some of the planet's most complex natural processes, including ecosystem disturbances, ice-sheet collapse, and natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and landslides.
Under the terms of the agreement, NASA will provide the mission's L band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), a high-rate telecommunication subsystem for scientific data, GPS receivers, a solid-state recorder, and a payload data subsystem. ISRO will provide the satellite bus, an S band synthetic aperture radar, the launch vehicle, and associated launch services.