India’s Nasa-Isro Nisar Satellite is going to be launched today. This mission is considered to be a “gamechanger” in Space Science, Earth Observation and Climate Study. America’s NASA and India’s ISRO have partnered for this level high-tech radar satellite for the first time. The specialty of NISAR is its dual-band Synthetic Aperture Radar Technology, which will make the entire Earth’s survey possible every 12 days. Through this satellite, disasters like earthquake, tsunami, landslides will help in many other functions along with alert and mapping. Let’s know what this satellite will do, why it is so important and how can you see its launch live.
What is NISAR Satellite?
NISAR (NASA-Isro Syntic Aperture Radar) is the first sanitary aperture radar satellite that has been designed with two different radar techniques with two different radar techniques. Its main objective is to continuously monitor the Earth’s surface, crops, glaciers, forest areas, beaches and natural disasters.
What will NISAR work?
- The specialty of NISAR is its dual-band Synthetic Aperture Radar Technology, which will make the entire Earth’s survey possible every 12 days. Through this satellite:
- Earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides alert and mapping of disasters: It will be able to detect the movement of the land, crust change and displacement with great accuracy.
- Glacier melting and rising sea level: NISAR will monitor Arctic/Himalayan glacier, which will make global warming monitoring and water resources prevention easier.
- Crops and environment/forest health: High-government imaging of satellite will detect crop conditions, erosion, annual forest cover and illegal cuttings.
- Wetland and coastal ecosystem protection: Mapping of rivers, wetlands, mangroves, disturb areas.
These data will be available to thousands of researchers, meteorologists and disaster management teams not only in India, but all over the world. With this, better and accurate decisions will be taken in the field of agricultural policy, afforestation, water management, smart cities and disaster preparation in the coming years.
How powerful is Nisar?
This satellite will be launched from India’s Srihari Space Port with an antenna of 8 meters and about 2.8 tons. Its imaging space is so high level that it is still very rare in Space Science to find the capabilities as much as it can record as small changes in the surface of the earth.
When and where will the launch be from?
NISAR will be launched this evening from Indian time (ISRO’s Satish Dhawan Space Center, Andhra Pradesh). This satellite by PSLV-XL rocket will be installed in low-end orbit.
How to see NISAR launch? (How to watch live)
Live Telecast will be made available for free on ISRO’s official YouTube channel and website (isro.gov.in).
There will also be live streaming of launch on NASA’s YouTube channel and nasa.gov/live.
