ISRO AND NASA WORKING ON NISAR MISSION. Home
Jul 30, 2015
Questions by : SHRI RANJIB BISWAL
Answered by: MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
a. whether ISRO and NASA are jointly working on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission to codevelop and launch a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite;
Yes Sir.
b. if so, the details thereof along with the aims and objectives of the mission;
NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is a dual frequency (L & S Band) Radar Imaging Satellite. In this joint mission, JPL/ NASA will be responsible for design & development of L-band SAR, 12m unfurlable antenna, GPS system and data recorder. ISRO will be responsible for design & development of S-band SAR, Spacecraft Bus, data transmission system, Spacecraft integration & testing, launch using GSLV and on-orbit operations.
The aim and objectives of NISAR mission are:
c. the present status of the mission and the time by which the NISAR satellite is likely to be launched and
d. the total cost of the project and the expenditure sharing pattern between the two agencies?
The cost of the project comprises of
(i) cost of ISRO’s work share, which is estimated to be 788.00 Cr and
(ii) cost of JPL’s work share, which is expected to be around USD 808 millions.
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