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NASA-ISRO Mission Aces Checkouts, on Track to Start Delivering Science
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/2025/08/28/nasa-isro-mission-aces-checkouts-on-track-to-start-delivering-science/
Published: August 28, 2025 20:22
After launching July 30, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Earth-observing radar satellite mission, a joint effort between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is on schedule to start science operations this fall. Following…
Giant Radar Antenna Reflector on NASA-ISRO Satellite in Full ‘Bloom’
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/2025/08/15/giant-radar-antenna-reflector-on-nasa-isro-satellite-in-full-bloom/
Published: August 15, 2025 19:50
Seventeen days after NISAR’s launch from southeastern India, an essential piece of science hardware has unfurled in orbit. Spanning 39 feet (12 meters), the drum-shaped antenna reflector on the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite mission…
Signal Acquired From NASA-ISRO’s NISAR Earth Satellite!
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/2025/07/30/signal-acquired-from-nasa-isros-nisar-earth-satellite/
Published: July 30, 2025 13:37
Mission controllers for the NASA-ISRO NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission have received full acquisition of signal from the spacecraft. The satellite will provide high-resolution data to help decision-makers, communities, and scientists…
NASA-ISRO’s NISAR Spacecraft Separates From Rocket’s Third Stage
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/2025/07/30/nasa-isros-nisar-spacecraft-separates-from-rockets-third-stage/
Published: July 30, 2025 12:29
The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) spacecraft has separated from the third stage of ISRO’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket and will soon spread its solar arrays to power itself. Technicians will now work to acquire signal from…
Liftoff of NASA-ISRO’s NISAR!
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/2025/07/30/liftoff-of-nasa-isros-nisar/
Published: July 30, 2025 12:12
The NASA-ISRO NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) spacecraft has lifted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s southeastern coast aboard an ISRO Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket at 8:10 a.m. EDT (5:40 a.m. IST), Wednesday, July…
NASA-ISRO Earth Satellite NISAR Is ‘Go’ for Launch
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/2025/07/30/nasa-isro-earth-satellite-nisar-is-go-for-launch/
Published: July 30, 2025 11:52
The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission has been given a “go” for launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Mission and launch managers are counting down to the spacecraft’s launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s…
NASA-ISRO’s NISAR Mission: By the Numbers
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/2025/07/30/nasa-isros-nisar-mission-by-the-numbers/
Published: July 30, 2025 11:30
The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) observatory marks not only the first hardware collaboration on an Earth mission between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), but also the first satellite to bring together L-band and S-band…
NASA-ISRO’s NISAR Mission Set to Capture Earth’s Land, Ice in Detail
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/2025/07/30/nasa-isros-nisar-mission-set-to-capture-earths-land-ice-in-detail/
Published: July 30, 2025 11:20
Following a successful launch on July 30, the NISAR satellite will orbit Earth for at least three years, using its sophisticated radar systems to scan nearly all the planet’s land and ice surfaces twice every 12 days. NASA and the Indian Space Research…
Live Coverage for NASA ISRO’s NISAR Launch Begins
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/2025/07/30/live-coverage-for-nasa-isros-nisar-launch-begins/
Published: July 30, 2025 11:03
Live launch coverage is underway from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California of the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission. A collaboration between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Earth satellite is…
NASA-ISRO’s NISAR Earth Satellite Ready for Launch
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar/2025/07/28/nasa-isros-nisar-earth-satellite-ready-for-launch/
Published: July 28, 2025 17:34
The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission, a collaboration between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is set to launch at 8:10 a.m. EDT (5:40 p.m. IST), Wednesday, July 30, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s…