ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, is the most powerful Earth observation satellite to be put in space, the result of over one decade of research and development by the space agencies of India and the US.

In a major boost to global Earth observation efforts, India on Wednesday (30 July) successfully launched the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite aboard the GSLV-F16 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

NISAR satellite, ISRO NASA collaboration, Rs 12,500 crore radar satellite, earthquake flood tracking satellite, space-based disaster monitoring, NISAR launch July 30.