NISAR/NI-SAR (совместная миссия NASA-ISRO) – LVM3 (GSLV-MkIII) – Шрихарикота SLP – май 2024

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September 30, 2014
RELEASE 14-266

U.S., India to Collaborate on Mars Exploration, Earth-Observing Mission

In a meeting Tuesday in Toronto, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and K. Radhakrishnan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), signed two documents to launch a NASA-ISRO satellite mission to observe Earth and establish a pathway for future joint missions to explore Mars.

While attending the International Astronautical Congress, the two space agency leaders met to discuss and sign a charter that establishes a NASA-ISRO Mars Working Group to investigate enhanced cooperation between the two countries in Mars exploration. They also signed an international agreement that defines how the two agencies will work together on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, targeted to launch in 2020.
"The signing of these two documents reflects the strong commitment NASA and ISRO have to advancing science and improving life on Earth," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. "This partnership will yield tangible benefits to both our countries and the world."
The joint Mars Working Group will seek to identify and implement scientific, programmatic and technological goals that NASA and ISRO have in common regarding Mars exploration. The group will meet once a year to plan cooperative activities, including potential NASA-ISRO cooperation on future missions to Mars.
Both agencies have newly arrived spacecraft in Mars orbit. NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft arrived at Mars Sept. 21. MAVEN is the first spacecraft dedicated to exploring the tenuous upper atmosphere of Mars. ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), India's first spacecraft launched to Mars, arrived Sept. 23 to study the Martian surface and atmosphere and demonstrate technologies needed for interplanetary missions.
One of the working group's objectives will be to explore potential coordinated observations and science analysis between MAVEN and MOM, as well as other current and future Mars missions.
"NASA and Indian scientists have a long history of collaboration in space science," said John Grunsfeld, NASA associate administrator for science. "These new agreements between NASA and ISRO in Earth science and Mars exploration will significantly strengthen our ties and the science that we will be able to produce as a result."

The joint NISAR Earth-observing mission will make global measurements of the causes and consequences of land surface changes. Potential areas of research include ecosystem disturbances, ice sheet collapse and natural hazards. The NISAR mission is optimized to measure subtle changes of the Earth's surface associated with motions of the crust and ice surfaces. NISAR will improve our understanding of key impacts of climate change and advance our knowledge of natural hazards.
NISAR will be the first satellite mission to use two different radar frequencies (L-band and S-band) to measure changes in our planet's surface less than a centimeter across. This allows the mission to observe a wide range of changes, from the flow rates of glaciers and ice sheets to the dynamics of earthquakes and volcanoes.



The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, targeted to launch in 2020, will make global measurements of the causes and consequences of a variety of land surface changes on Earth.
Image Credit: NASA

Under the terms of the new agreement, NASA will provide the mission's L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), a high-rate communication subsystem for science data, GPS receivers, a solid state recorder, and a payload data subsystem. ISRO will provide the spacecraft bus, an S-band SAR, and the launch vehicle and associated launch services.
NASA had been studying concepts for a SAR mission in response to the National Academy of Science's decadal survey of the agency's Earth science program in 2007. The agency developed a partnership with ISRO that led to this joint mission. The partnership with India has been key to enabling many of the mission's science objectives.
NASA's contribution to NISAR is being managed and implemented by the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.
NASA and ISRO have been cooperating under the terms of a framework agreement signed in 2008. This cooperation includes a variety of activities in space sciences such as two NASA payloads -- the Mini-Synthetic Aperture Radar (Mini-SAR) and the Moon Mineralogy Mapper -- on ISRO's Chandrayaan-1 mission to the moon in 2008. During the operational phase of this mission, the Mini-SAR instrument detected ice deposits near the moon's northern pole.

For more information on NASA's Mars exploration program, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mars

For more information on the NISAR mission, visit: http://nisar.jpl.nasa.gov

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/september/us-india-to-collaborate-on-mars-exploration-earth-observing-mission/

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NASA  @NASA
We're partnering with @ISRO to launch #NISAR, a new satellite that will give us a close-up look at changes in Earth's crust using advanced radar imaging. What we learn could help people better manage natural disasters. https://nisar.jpl.nasa.gov

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https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1621688267585495040

NASA JPL  @NASAJPL
Today was all about NISAR!
It's nearly time for the scientific heart of this @NASAEarth satellite to head to southern India ahead of its planned 2024 launch, so of course, we had to send it off in true JPL style. https://go.nasa.gov/3Y8OQLd

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ISRO Spaceflight  @ISROSpaceflight
NASA has handed the NISAR spacecraft over to ISRO!
It will be launched in early 2024 on a GSLV (Mk-2) rocket into a Sun Synchronous Orbit.

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https://twitter.com/GewoonLukas_/status/1724720063263961336

Lukas C. H.  @GewoonLukas_
The joint NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite has completed thermal vacuum testing! Up next is vibration testing before it'll be shipped to the launchsite. Launch is scheduled aboard an Indian GSLV Mk. II rocket during a launchperiod that opens January 29th, 2024.

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https://analyticsindiamag.com/isros-upcoming-space-missions-2023/

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NISAR
A Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, 'NISAR', is a joint project between NASA and ISRO. The mission is to launch a dual-frequency SAR on an Earth observation satellite—the first of its kind. The estimated cost for this project is nearly $1.5 billion and the satellite is expected to launch by January 2024.
This satellite will be used for remote sensing to understand the natural processes of the Earth like the Arctic and Antarctic cryosphere. It will be launched from India on a GSLV Mark II and the planned mission life is three years, orbiting synchronously with the Sun.
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https://twitter.com/ISROSpaceflight/status/1724756734311387429

ISRO Spaceflight  @ISROSpaceflight
The #NISAR spacecraft has successfully undergone 20 days of testing at #ISRO's Compact Antenna Facility and 21 days of testing at their Thermovac Facility!
These tests are done to make sure the spacecraft can survive the environment of space.

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https://tass.ru/kosmos/19400335

Индия и США в начале 2024 года запустят совместный спутник для изучения Земли
НЬЮ-ДЕЛИ, 28 ноября. /ТАСС/. Индийская организация космических исследований (ISRO) и Национальное управление США по аэронавтике и исследованию космического пространства (NASA) в начале 2024 года запустят совместный спутник для изучения Земли. Об этом сообщил госминистр Джитендра Сингх, курирующий в индийском правительстве атомную и космическую отрасли, по итогам встречи в Нью-Дели с главой NASA Биллом Нельсоном.

"Индия и США запустят совместный микроволновый спутник дистанционного зондирования Земли под названием NASA-ISRO Radar Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) в первом квартале следующего года", - приводятся его слова на информационном сайте индийского правительства.

Работа над проектом идет с 2016 года. Спутник Nisar оснащен модулями S-диапазона и L-диапазона и предназначен для проведения наблюдений за землетрясениями, извержениями вулканов, оползнями, таянием ледяного покрова, цунами и масштабными нарушениями экосистем.

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ISRO Spaceflight  @ISROSpaceflight
The #NISAR mission is currently on track for launch in early 2024!
All tests of the spacecraft have been completed except the acoustic test, which is scheduled later this week.
   

Завершает испытания.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AFEbG16mY4

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NISAR: Tracking Earth's Changes From Space (Mission Overview)
  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) have teamed up to create a powerful new space mission that will track our changing Earth in fine detail. The satellite, called NISAR, will use an advanced radar system to deepen our understanding of deforestation, shrinking glaciers and sea ice loss, natural hazards, climate change, and other global vital signs.
Short for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, NISAR features two radar instruments: one from ISRO, and one built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Peering through cloud cover and vegetation, the satellite will bounce radar signals off nearly all the planet's land and ice twice every 12 days, monitoring motions of the surface down to fractions of an inch along with changes in other characteristics.
NISAR is undergoing final integration and testing at ISRO's satellite facility in Bengaluru, India, and will launch from ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. Launch is expected in early 2024; the specific date will be announced by ISRO.
For more information on the NISAR mission, visit: https://nisar.jpl.nasa.gov/.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ISRO

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Хм-м!

ISRO Spaceflight  @ISROSpaceflight  ·  Jan 12
We are about 2.5 months away from the launch of #NISAR on a GSLV rocket!!
NISAR is a joint mission by #NASA and #ISRO to study the changes in Earth's ecosystems, dynamic surfaces, ice masses etc.
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Конец марта?

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https://twitter.com/GewoonLukas_/status/1770790880456175667

Lukas C. H.  @GewoonLukas_
The launch of the joint NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite is now scheduled for NET Late-May due to additional testing that needs to be performed to verify the satellite is ready for launch. It was previously scheduled for March/April. https://defence.in/threads/nisar-launch-delayed-to-late-may-for-further-testing.4690/

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https://twitter.com/UtpalGautam5/status/1774669462190567638

UtpalG  @UtpalGautam5
#Big Update :
#ISRO has decided to retire GSLV Mk-2 with immediate effect. Looking at the importance of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (#NISAR) mission, the reliable LVM-3 is now given the job to launch it !

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