NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar could be launch in March

A joint Earth science mission between NASA and its Indian counterpart is now scheduled to launch as soon as next March after being delayed to repair its main radar antenna.

NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission at NASA Headquarters, said the spacecraft is now scheduled to launch from India in a window that opens in late March.

NASA completed repairs by October, shipping the antenna back to India on a C-130 aircraft, then NISAR would launch in early 2025.

NISAR is a joint mission by NASA and the Indian space agency ISRO that will fly L- and S-band radars for global mapping of land and ice.

The radars on NISAR will be capable of advanced radar imaging to support a wide range of Earth science needs, from measuring the flow rates of glaciers to volcanic activity.

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