ISRO-NASA to jointly launch satellite to study earthquakes
April 05, 2016 00:14
In a first, space agencies of India and the US will collaborate to launch a satellite that will help study earthquake and its patterns.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Indian Space Research Organisation Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR, satellite is designed to observe and take measurements of some of the planet's most complex processes, including ecosystem disturbances, ice-sheet collapse, and natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and landslides.
The two countries are also collaborating in a major way in the Mars Mission project.
NASA Administrator Charles Frank Bolden said they are looking to launch the satellite by 2020-21, but ISRO A S Kiran Kumar said they are looking to prepone the launch.
"The US is providing L-Band. It will help us look at crustal deformation. We are looking for hints at earthquake detection. We cannot predict earthquake but we can advise people where it has occurred. We are hoping to launch it by 2020-21," Bolden told reporters.
Heads and representatives of several space agencies have assembled in the national capital to discuss applications of remote sensing technologies for disaster mitigation and bettering global climate change monitoring.
Kumar said that for India, the project will not only help in understanding the seismic activity but also give inputs for monitoring agricultural activities.
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