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GSLV-F16 Launch with NASA-ISRO NISAR Earth Observation Satellite

Watch the historic launch of GSLV-F16 carrying the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite, a joint Earth observation mission by ISRO and NASA. Rocket: GSLV-F16 Payload: NISAR satellite ...

NISAR Launch

Coverage of the Launch of NISAR, an Earth-observing satellite and the first collaborative mission between NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)

ISRO’s GSLV-F16 will launch ISRO-NASA joint satellite, NISAR, on July 30, 2025

NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), the first joint satellite of ISRO and NASA will be launched by ISRO’s GSLV-F16 on July 30, 2025 at 1740 hrs IST from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC SHAR), Sriharikota. GSLV-F16 will inject the NISAR satellite into a 743 km Sun-synchronous orbit with an i...

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

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.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • July 30, 2025, 3:52 p.m.

Satellite in operation.


Cosmic_Penguin • July 30, 2025, 12:30 p.m.

Spacecraft separation.


Cosmic_Penguin • July 30, 2025, 12:12 p.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • July 30, 2025, 10:59 a.m.

Official Webcast by NASA has started


Cosmic_Penguin • July 21, 2025, 12:32 p.m.

GO for launch.


GSLV Mk II

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Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark II (GSLV Mk II) is the largest launch vehicle developed by India, which is currently in operation. This fourth generation launch vehicle is a three stage vehicle with four liquid strap-ons. The indigenously developed cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS), which is flight proven, forms the third stage of GSLV Mk II. From January 2014, the vehicle has achieved four consecutive successes.

Specifications
  • Max Stage
    3
  • Length
    49.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.8 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    401.0 T
  • Thrust
    7420.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    GSLV Mk II
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    GSLV Mk. II
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    2500.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Indian Space Research Organization

Indian Space Research Organization

(ISRO)

Chairman: V. Narayanan Founded: 1969 Successes: 84 Failures: 15 Pending: 18

Agency Type:

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore. Its vision is to "harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration."

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NASA

US-India Satellite Delivers Data, Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica

As of July 20, the public can access data from the two powerful radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. Teams in the United States and India will release files processed from the satellite’s L-ban…

NASA

NISAR’s L-Band Radar Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica

Description Data from the Earth-orbiting U.S.-India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite’s L-band radar was used to produce an image of Nunatak Zaterjavshijsja — a mountaintop in East Antarctica — poking out amid a stream o…

NASA

US-Indian Space Mission Maps Extreme Subsidence in Mexico City

One of the most powerful radar systems ever launched into space has mapped the ground moving beneath one of fastest subsiding capitals in the world: Mexico City. The findings show how quickly and reliably the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Ape…

NASA

US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence

Description A scientist produced this map of land subsidence (sinking) in Mexico City using data from the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission captured between Oct. 25, 2025, and Jan. 17, 2026. The region has been a well-know…

NASA

NASA-ISRO Satellite Captures Pacific Northwest Through Clouds

Seattle and Portland, Oregon, are among the cloudiest cities in the United States. But that infamous cloud cover is no match for the U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), which is designed to peer straight…

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad


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