ISRO-NASA to launch radar satellite for earth observation
India is looking forward to engaging with private sectors for fabrication, manufacturing and joint development of space system and infrastructure, Minister of State with the Ministry of Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh has said on 21 Sept 2022.
Dr Jitendra Singh also told the American Business Leaders that ISRO and NASA are working together to launch a joint radar satellite for earth observation named NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar).
The NISAR mission, part of cooperating in Space Science and Exploration between the two countries, will collect data vital to tackling the climate crisis.
NISAR Earth observation satellite, both the sides could expand cooperation in jointly developed geo-stational data sets used for weather forecasting, ground referencing and positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) information.
The Minister, on an official visit to the US, also informed his business hosts that ISRO has been getting Deep Space Network Antenna support from NASA in its Missions such as Chandrayaan-1, Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and Chandrayaan-2 mission and will continue availing support for our Chandrayaan-3 mission.
He interacted with CEOs and representatives of more than 30 prominent American companies at the US Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Washington.
Miriam Daniel and Priscilla Baek of Google on Geospatial Data, Stafan Alexander, CEO of Nextler Innovations, Emily Beline, Senior Counsel of FedEx, Randy Liebermann, CEO of HoT Technologies, Timothy Puckorius, CEO of Earth Observation Technologies, Glenn Grab of Cyient Technologies, Kevin James, CEO of Climate Compass, Ajeeth Ibrahim of Nanorocks Space Technologies, Ravnish Luthra, CEO of ITGlobe Inc, Sanjay Singhal, CEO of Sintel Satellite Services Inc, were some of the prominent business leaders who interacted in detail with Dr Jitendra Singh’s delegation.
The CEOs and representatives of Geospatial, Space, Earth & Ocean Science, Pharma, Biotech and other emerging Sectors held discussions on topics like “The Commercial Opportunities for U.S.-India Space Collaboration, “The Potential of Geospatial”, “Expansive Potential for Growth in Satcoms” and “Commercial Space: Brown, Green and Blue”. fiinews.com
