NASA Sets Launch Coverage for Earth-Tracking NISAR Satellite
NASA will offer live coverage of launching activities for Nisar (NASA-Isro synthetic opening radar), which is expected to take off at 8:10 a.m. HAE (5:40 p.m. IST), on Wednesday, July 30, of the satisfaction of the south-eastern coast.
A collaboration between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the first satellite in its kind will take off on a geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle on mission to scan almost all terrestrial and glacial surfaces of the earth twice every 12 days.
Look at the cover live of the launch on NASA + and the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn to look at the contents of NASA via a variety of platforms, including social media.
With its two radar instruments – a band system provided by the ISRO and a LA L -provided band system provided by NASA – the Nisar mission will provide high resolution data to help decision -makers, communities and scientists monitor the main infrastructures, agricultural domains and earth and ice surface movements.
Hailed as an essential element of a pioneering year for the United States-India’s civil space cooperation by President Trump and Prime Minister Modi during their visit to Washington in February, the launch of Nisar will advance the United States-Cooperation in India and will benefit the United States in areas such as agriculture and reaction to disasters such as Hurricans, floods and volcanic learning.
The coverage of the NASA mission is as follows (all the time in the East and subject to a change according to real -time operations):
Monday July 28
12 noon – Teleconference presented with the following participants:
- Karen St. Germain, Director of Earth Sciences, head office of NASA
- Gerald Bawden, scientist of the Nisar program, head office of NASA
- Shanna McClain, disaster program manager, NASA headquarters
- Phil Barela, Nisar project manager, NASA jet propulsion laboratory (JPL)
- Marco Lavalle, scientist of the assistant project of Nisar, Nasa JPL
The teleconference will broadcast on the JPL Youtube channel.
Media members can ask questions by phone during teleconference. To register, the media must provide their name and its affiliation before 4 p.m. on Sunday July 27 in Rexana Vizzza at: rexana.v.vizza@jpl.nasa.gov. Questions can also be asked via social media with the hashtag #asknisar.
Wednesday July 30
7 a.m. – The launch cover begins on NASA + and Youtube.
The launch broadcast begins with the NASA jet propulsion laboratory in southern California, where the American mission part is managed.
Follow the launch events on the Nisar blog of NASA.
Look, engage on social networks
You can also stay connected by following and marking these accounts:
X: @Nasa, @nasaearth, @nasajpl
Facebook: NASA, NASA Earth, NASA JPL
Instagram: @Nasa, @nasaearth, @nasajpl
Additional resources
The Nisar press kit presents deeper dives in the mission as well as its science and technology.
Explore the Nisar videos as well as the Nisar and B-Roll MEDIA Reel animations.
The Nisar mission is the first joint satellite mission between NASA and ISRO, marking a new chapter in increasing collaboration between the two space agencies. The launch of Nisar, years in manufacturing, is based on a strong heritage of successful programs, notably Chandrayaan-1 and the recent mission-4 Axiom, which saw the astronauts of the ISRO and NASA living and working together aboard the international space station for the first time.
Learn more about the mission to:
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/nisar
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