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NISAR Mission

completedLaunch 2025-163
Launched 7/30/2025LEOService COSat SSO O
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
NISAR
active
Earth Observation
LEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
7/30/2025
Launch ID
2025-163
Launch Profile
Sat SSO O
Service Type
CO
Customer Type
G
Orbit
LEO
Launch Date History
Published launch windows and how they changed over time.
6 changes
  1. SlippedAnnounced date
    June 2025Jul 30, 2025
    Announced Jul 21, 2025ISRO GSLV-F16 NISAR mission pageJul 21, 2025
  2. Moved earlierAnnounced date
    2025June 2025
    Announced May 1, 2025NASA and ISRO aiming to launch NISAR in June 2025May 1, 2025
  3. SlippedAnnounced date
    October 20242025
    NASA LCLUC 2024 science-team summary
  4. SlippedAnnounced date
    September 2023October 2024
    GAO 2024 NASA major-projects assessment
  5. SlippedAnnounced date
    January 2022September 2023
    GAO 2024 NASA major-projects assessment
  6. Date addedAnnounced date
    No dateJanuary 2022
    NASA NISAR Science Users Handbook
Launch Stack
Operator
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Launch Vehicle
GSLV Mk II c
Launch Site
GSLV pad 2, Sriharikota Range (Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India)IN
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
active 1
Payload Mission Types
Earth Observation 1
Track
Mentions
25
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

NASA and ISRO built the joint NISAR mission to provide actionable SAR data for disaster response and agricultural monitoring.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Aug 10, 2026Seeing through the storm: SAR imagery’s evolution beyond defense applications

NASA and ISRO developed the NISAR mission under cooperation enabled by the Outer Space Treaty.

GeneralLegalValue 3.0Jun 8, 2026Why the vagueness of the Outer Space Treaty was a strategically calculated move

The NISAR mission launched in July 2025.

PlanValue 3.5May 13, 2026Satellite NISAR rileva la subsidenza di Città del Messico

The NISAR mission represents significant cooperation between NASA and ISRO, building on years of technical collaboration.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 2.2Sep 25, 2025

The U R Rao Satellite Centre provided the spacecraft bus for the NISAR mission.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 25, 2025NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface

The NISAR mission's preliminary images indicate capabilities for monitoring the gain and loss of forest and wetland ecosystems and tracking crop progress around the world.

CapabilityValue 3.0Sep 25, 2025NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface

The NISAR mission was formally based on the US scientific community’s 2007 Decadal recommendation to create the L-band based DESDynI mission.

GeneralValue 3.5Aug 14, 2025Notable nuances about NISAR and how it flows into planetary science for NASA and ISRO | Indian Space Progress #30

NASA spent more than $1,000,000,000 on formulation and development of the NISAR mission.

FinancialPlanValue 4.2Dec 14, 2024NISAR planned to launch in March 2025 after antenna repairs

The NISAR mission was scheduled for launch earlier 2024 on an Indian GSLV rocket but was postponed to modify its large deployable antenna to protect it from higher-than-expected temperatures when stowed.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 18, 2024U.S. and India advance human spaceflight cooperation

NASA spent more than $1,000,000,000 in formulation and development of the NISAR mission.

FinancialValue 4.2Mar 24, 2024Antenna work delays NISAR launch

NASA is providing an L-band radar and engineering payload for the NISAR mission.

GeneralCapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.3Mar 24, 2024

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission jointly developed with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will provide data for the Surface Deformation and Change designated observable.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Mar 13, 2024NASA restructures Earth System Observatory to reduce costs

Under the Memorandum of Understanding, Survey of India will support ISRO’s NISAR mission by extending its positioning services, including CORS and other ground reference point data.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 8, 2024Survey of India and Space Applications Centre Sign MoU to Bolster EO Capabilities

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is scheduled to launch in the spring of 2024.

PlanValue 4.0Dec 31, 2023NASA pushes ahead with Earth System Observatory despite uncertain budgets

CTrees plans to integrate data from the joint NASA-ISRO NISAR mission, scheduled to launch in early 2024, into LUCA to enhance detection and characterization of disturbances.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 15, 2023CTress Launches World’s-First Forest Disturbance Alert System

Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s planetary science division, identified three criteria for restarting VERITAS as soon as 2025: securing necessary funding, JPL making progress on independent review recommendations, and JPL successfully launching Europa Clipper and the NISAR mission.

PlanGovernanceFinancialValue 4.2Mar 17, 2023

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is planned to launch in 2024.

PlanValue 4.0Feb 9, 2023US-India Civil Space Joint Working Group Advances Bilateral Space Collaboration

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is planned to launch in 2024.

PlanValue 4.0Feb 5, 2023U.S. + India agree to engage in bilateral space collaboration

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) shipped the S-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the joint NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) mission.

RelationshipsValue 4.5Mar 18, 2021Quad Push: ISRO Taking Space Ties With US, Japan & Australia To A higher orbit

Indian Space Research Organisation has completed the development of a Synthetic Aperture Radar capable of producing extremely high-resolution images for the NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) mission.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 9, 2021ISRO Completes SAR For Joint NASA EO Mission
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Antenna work delays NISAR launch
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