ISRO and NASA to become a satellite “first of its kind”

Indian and US space agencies have launched a new satellite that will keep the hawk’s eye on Earth, discovering and reporting even the smallest changes in the earth, the sea and the ice sheets.

Data from the joint mission of the Indian Space Agency ISRO and NASA will help not only the two countries but also the world in preparing and dealing with disasters.

2,392 kg NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) launches at 17:40 India (12:10 GMT) on Wednesday from the Satiz Dhawan Space Center in southern India.

The satellite is approaching the heels of the mission Axiom-4, in which you see Indian astronaut goes to the International Space Station For the first time.

NASA, which already has more than two dozen companions for space observation, says that Nisar is the “most complex radar we have ever built” and that it will be able to notice “the few changes everywhere in the world.”

The first of its satellite will be the first in the space to look at the Earth, using two different radar frequencies-L-lane strip of NASA and the ISRO S-strip.

The satellite will be shot at the Sunny-Synchronous Polar Orbit, which means that it will pass on the same areas of the Earth at a regular interval, observing and mapping changes in the surface of our planet, NASA Mila Mitra told the BBC.

NASA and Iro say that Nisar will review the same place every 12 days. It will find changes and land, ice or coastal shifts, small as centimeters, says G -Mitra.

Repeated scans will generate rich data, helping NASA and ISRO ground stations support disaster readiness and track the impact of climate change, she added.

Scientists say that the earth’s surface is constantly changing due to natural and human activities, and even small shifts can affect the planet.

“Some of these changes happen slowly, some sharply, others are small, while some are subtle,” said NASA director of Earth science, Karen St. Germain, who is in India for the start, before a press conference before launch.

“With Nisar we will see the ancestors of natural dangers such as earthquakes, landslides and volcanoes; we will see a lowering of the ground and swelling, movements and deformations, melting glaciers and ice tablecloths in Greenland and Antarctica; and we will see forest fires.

“We will also be able to find changes caused by man caused by agricultural and infrastructure projects such as buildings and bridges,” she said.

The satellite will take 90 days to fully unfold and start collecting data after the tests for all its systems end.

A joint mission of $ 1.5 billion a decade in the creation has the useful load, the rocket and the startup facilities of India.

NASA’s St. Germain said the satellite was special because it was built by scientists “who were in the opposite ends of the globe during the pandemic of Kovid-19.”

Isro’s chairman against Narayanan told NDTV News Channel that the “life -saving satellite” is a symbol of India’s growing management in space. Talking about the launch on Wednesday, he said, “This will be another great day for India.”

Indian Minister of Science Jitra Singh has called the mission a defining moment in space cooperation in India and the United States and impetus to ISRO international cooperation.

“Nisar is not just a satellite; it’s a scientific handshake of India with the world,” the minister saidS

The joint mission comes just weeks after astronaut Schubhanshu Shuka traveled to the AX-4 Mission’s International Space Station, led by former NASA veteran Peggy Whitson.

India has recently achieved great steps in its space program.

In August 2023, the country made history as its mission on the moon became First to land in the Moon South Pole regionS And last year she ordered her first mission to monitor solar energy.

ISRO announced plans to launch Gaganyaan – the first of its kind human space flight – in 2027 and has ambitious plans to create a space station by 2035 and send an astronaut to the moon until 2040.

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