US and Indian Space Agencies Launch Earth-Observation Satellite

Clean room engineers and technicians prepare the scientific core of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite inside a Spacecraft Assembly Facility clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in 2023.Photographer: Mario Tama/Getty Images

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July 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM UTC

The US and India launched a co-developed satellite that will deliver data to support natural disaster response efforts, a mission underscoring India’s efforts to broaden its international partnerships and become a global space leader.

The NASA-Indian Space Research Organisation Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite (Nisar) lifted off on Wednesday at 5:40 p.m. local time from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre aboard a rocket from ISRO.