On July 30, ISRO placed NISAR satellite , collaboration between India and US into its intended orbit.

NISAR - NASA-ISRO synthetic Aperture Radar.

It carries 2 Synthetic aperture Radars. These are imaging equipment to create pictures of Earth from space.

It was the first time 2 SARs were mounted on single satellite.

It is the most powerful earth observation satellite put in space. ISRO used GSLV rocket to place it in SSPO ( Sun Synchronous polar Orbit), 747 kms from Earth.

Objective - useful for research activities, climate change , disaster management, agriculture, urban planning etc.

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