ISRO,NASA working towards realisation of NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar Mission by 2021

ISRO and NASA are working towards realisation of NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission by 2021. In the mission, NASA is responsible for development of L-band SAR and ISRO is responsible for development of S-band SAR. 

It will be integrated with ISRO’s spacecraft and launched on-board India’s GSLV. This was stated by the Union Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply to a question



in Rajya Sabha yesterday. 

The L & S band microwave data obtained from the satellite will be useful for variety of application, which include estimating agricultural biomass over full duration of crop cycle; assessing soil moisture; monitoring of floods & oil slicks.It will also variety the coastal erosion, coastline changes, assessment of mangroves, surface deformation studies and ice sheet dynamics.