ISRO To Launch Indo-US Space Mission ‘NISAR’ In Early 2024
The US Air Force has brought the ISRO-NASA satellite ‘NISAR’ to Bengaluru. ISRO will launch this Indo-US space mission in early 2024, for various purposes. The eagerly anticipated NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR, has arrived in India after being jointly developed by scientists from the US and India. At NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, the massive scientific payload was being integrated. The satellite, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), arrived in Bengaluru from the US on a USAF C-17. The final stage of the mission, which entails its integration into the spacecraft bus, has been set in motion by its arrival. Before the satellite is authorized for launch from Sriharikota’s Satish Dhawan Space Center in the first quarter of 2024, ISRO will now direct the mission’s final leg over the coming months. Two distinct radars make up the mega satellite. While American researchers created the long-range L-band radar, their India...