LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are targeting March 2025 to launch a powerful Earth-observing satellite, NASA said on Friday.

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) will scan nearly all of Earth's land and ice surfaces twice every 12 days to measure changes in the planet's ecosystems, land and sea ice, and solid Earth.

The NISAR satellite will launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India's southeastern coast.

Observations from NISAR will benefit humanity by helping researchers around the world better understand changes in the planet's surface, including its ice sheets, glaciers, and sea ice, according to NASA.

It also will capture changes in Earth's forest and wetland ecosystems as well as the movement and deformation of the planet's crust such as earthquakes, landslides, and volcanic activity. Enditem

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