India Gets NASA ISRO SAR MISSION ( NISAR) -Diarytimes

In a big boost to Indo-US ties in space collaboration, the United States handed over NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar NISAR to the Indian space agency on Wednesday in Karnatakas Bengaluru. The US Air Force C-17 aircraft took off from California with the NISAR satellite and landed in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

NISAR QUALITIES

According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA, NISAR is a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization ISRO.

This mission was envisioned by NASA and ISRO in 2014, eight years prior, as a potent demonstration of the capacity of radar as a research instrument and as a way to further our understanding of Earths dynamic land and ice surfaces.

Using two distinct radar frequencies L-band and S-band, NISAR will be the first radar of its kind in orbit to scan Earth systematically. It will monitor changes in our planets surface that are smaller than a centimetre across.

Faster reaction times and more accurate risk assessments will be made possible by the missions provision of vital information to aid in managing natural disasters including earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions.