From an #AGU24 session this afternoon: the launch window for NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) opens in late March. Primary constraint now is access to the launch pad for the GSLV that will launch NISAR.
NISAR planned to launch in March 2025 after antenna repairsDecember 14, 2024[...]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.In a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union here Dec. 11, Gerald Bawden, program scientist for the 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.[...]The fix to the reflector, he said, involved placing strips of reflective tape on rods in the reflector that were black. “We are set now with NISAR,” he said. “The hardware is completely checked out.”The spacecraft is in storage for two reasons. One is to wait until the eclipse period ends Feb. 8. The second is that the launch pad at India’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre that will be used for the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) launching NISAR must first support another GSLV launch of a navigation satellite, NVS-02.The NVS-02 launch is currently scheduled for mid-January. “Once it launches, it’s going to take six to eight weeks to refurbish the launch pad” before NISAR can launch, he said. The mission is currently targeting a launch no earlier than late March.[...]
https://twitter.com/isrospaceflight/status/1874794754367770683Quote🚨 Planned launches for ISRO in 2025!According to Dr. Somanath, ISRO is expected to carry out 9 orbital launches this year, including the launch of the much awaited Gaganyaan-G1 and NISAR missions! 🚀There will also be PSLV-N1, the first PSLV launch conducted through NSIL!
🚨 Planned launches for ISRO in 2025!According to Dr. Somanath, ISRO is expected to carry out 9 orbital launches this year, including the launch of the much awaited Gaganyaan-G1 and NISAR missions! 🚀There will also be PSLV-N1, the first PSLV launch conducted through NSIL!
