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!
GSLV-F16/ NISAR Mission will launch the NISAR spacecraft i.e., NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite, which is an advanced Earth Observation satellite jointly developed by NASA and ISRO. Realisation of vehicle stages systems are being carried and the satellite is planned to be launched from SDSC SHAR during first quarter of 2025-26.
Work on the NISAR satellite has been completed at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Satellite Integration and Testing Establishment in Bengaluru, and preparations are under way to transport it to the launch site at the agency’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on India’s southeastern coast.NASA and ISRO now are reviewing potential launch dates for the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission.Launch services are provided by ISRO, using the Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle Mark II rocket that will carry the spacecraft into low Earth orbit. The launch readiness date for the mission will be determined by the two agencies in the coming weeks.
International Space mission carrying Indian astronaut scheduled for next month: Dr Jitendra Singh[...]June will see the highly anticipated launch of the NISAR satellite aboard the GSLV-F16. This NASA-ISRO collaboration aims to study Earth’s ecosystems and natural hazards through dual-frequency radar data, combining NASA’s L-band payloads with ISRO’s S-band contributions.[...]
NASA, ISRO Aiming to Launch NISAR Earth Mission in June 2025May 1, 2025NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are targeting June 2025 for launch of the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite mission. The first mission to carry both L-band and S-band radar, NISAR will scan nearly all of Earth’s land and ice surfaces twice every 12 days. The mission will measure changes in the planet’s terrestrial ecosystems, growth and retreat of its ice sheets, glaciers, and sea ice, and deformation of its crust. Launch services will be provided by ISRO, using the Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle Mark II rocket that will carry the spacecraft into low Earth orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s southeastern coast.
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The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission, an Earth-observing radar satellite jointly developed by NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), moved another step closer to launch last month when it arrived safe and sound at Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India’s southeastern coast. Home to ISRO’s launch facilities, the center will host the satellite’s liftoff, slated for July.Prior to arriving at the launch site on May 15, NISAR was at the ISRO Satellite Integration and Test Establishment in Bengaluru. Engineers from ISRO and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, which manages the mission for NASA, had been working together there since March 2023 on bringing together components and assembling the satellite. They also tested it to ensure it can withstand the rigors of launch and function properly in orbit.In the early morning of May 14, crews placed the satellite in a specialized container and transported it about 220 miles (360 kilometers) by truck to the space center, arriving the following day. It will be placed in its launch fairing and mounted atop an ISRO Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle Mark II rocket in preparation for launch.
