UNITED STATES: As part of their expanded joint cooperation in the space industry, India and the US are expected to launch a NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite later this year, according to Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh.
He made the remarks during the visit of a US delegation led by Sethuraman Panchanathan, the National Science Foundation’s director.
In order to collect information on biomass, natural disasters, sea level rise, groundwater, and many other topics, the NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) Mission will measure the planet’s altering ecosystems, dynamic surfaces, and ice masses.
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite launch is scheduled for 2023. The minister briefed the delegation.
Singh argued in favour of boosting international cooperation in the space sector, particularly in emerging areas like the management of space debris.
The minister advocated for greater cooperation in areas like defence, biotechnology, geosciences, astronomy, quantum, semiconductors, renewable energy, enhanced wireless, and artificial intelligence (AI).
In addition, for a basic three-year mission, it will make ascending and descending passes over the land and ice-covered regions of the planet with a 12-day regularity. Additionally, it will sample the Earth on average every six days.
According to Panchanathan, the US was open to new opportunities for collaboration in fields like vital minerals, intelligent agriculture, the bioeconomy, and 6G technology. More joint calls on chosen projects would start in March, he informed the minister.
Senior representatives from all six Science and Technology departments were present at the meeting, along with Ajay Kumar Sood, the Center’s principal scientific adviser; S Chandrasekhar, the Secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology; and Joint Secretary Satyajit Mohanty of the National Security Council.
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