GSLV Mk II | NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
GSLV Mk. II launched the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission for Indian Space Research Organization from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India on Jul 30, 2025 (UTC).
Launch pad
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad · Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
GSLV Mk II | NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Launched Jul 30, 2025 9:10:00 PMSuccess
2 objects in orbit now
Flight direction
189° S
measured from the launched orbit · inclination 98.4°
Flight path
First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)
Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.
About the mission
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR satellite, will use advanced radar imaging to map the elevation of Earth's land and ice masses 4 to 6 times a month at resolutions of 5 to 10 meters. It is designed to observe and measure some of the planet's most complex natural processes, including ecosystem disturbances, ice-sheet collapse, and natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and landslides. Under the terms of the agreement, NASA will provide the mission's L band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), a high-rate telecommunication subsystem for scientific data, GPS receivers, a solid-state recorder, and a payload data subsystem. ISRO will provide the satellite bus, an S band synthetic aperture radar, the launch vehicle, and associated launch services.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
Objects from this launch still in orbit
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Wed, Jul 30 · 9:10:00 PM
- Status
- Success
- Launch provider
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Rocket
- GSLV Mk. II
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- SSO
- Launch pad
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad · Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India