The NISAR satellite was launched using ISRO's GSLV-F16 rocket, which was scheduled to place it into a 743-kilometre sun-synchronous orbit, almost 20 minutes after lift-off.

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite successfully lifted off from Sriharikota on Wednesday.

A GSLV rocket launched from this spaceport, carrying the NISAR earth observation satellite, a joint project between ISRO and NASA. The satellite, weighing 2,393 kg, will study land, ice, and oceanic regions after a 19-minute journey into a Sun Synchronous Polar Orbit.