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World's Costliest Earth Satellite NISAR Takes Off
Business Standard
|July 31, 2025
Isro, Nasa Make History With Successful Launch Of First Joint Project
In a major step towards the Indo-US space partnership, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) on Wednesday successfully launched the earth observation satellite, NISAR, from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) is the costliest earth observation satellite till date, with an investment of $1.5 billion. This is also the first joint development project by the space agencies of both India and the United States.
NISAR, weighing 2,392 kg, will scan nearly all of earth's land and ice surfaces twice every 12 days, providing insights into the expansion and contraction of ice sheets, sea ice, and glaciers, the deformation of its crust due to natural hazards, as well as natural and human changes to earth's terrestrial ecosystems.
This story is from the July 31, 2025 edition of Business Standard.
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