The total expenditure incurred on realisation of the NISAR satellite by ISRO up to February 2023 is Rs 469.40 crore, excluding launch costs.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh (File Photo)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) have jointly manufactured an earth science satellite named, NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), Union Minister Jitendra Singh said today.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, he said the mission objectives of the satellite are- Design, Develop and launch a Dual Frequency (L and S band) Radar Imaging Satellite and to Explore newer applications areas using L & S Band microwave data, especially in surface deformation studies, terrestrial biomass structure, natural resource mapping and monitoring and studies related to dynamics of ice-sheets, glaciers, forests, oil slick etc.
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The Minister said the satellite is configured with an I-3K bus and the instrument identified for SAR is based on the innovative Sweep SAR technique configured in both L and S bands in polarimetric configuration for wide swath and high resolution.
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The spacecraft will orbit the Earth in a sun-synchronous orbit of 747 Km with an inclination of 98.4 degree for a 12-day repeat cycle.
Jitendra Singh said while NASA is delivering the L-Band SAR payload, high precision GPS and 12m unfurlable antenna, ISRO is delivering the S-band SAR payload, spacecraft bus and facilitating a launch. The total expenditure incurred on realisation of the NISAR satellite by ISRO up to February 2023 is Rs 469.40 crore, excluding launch costs.
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