NISAR space plan with US example of India’s cost-effectiveness: Ex-ISRO chief Somanath

Former ISRO chairman S Somanath has highlighted the cost-effectiveness of India’s space programmes and noted that for the same satellite and share of work, the country will incur five-time less expenditure compared to the US for an upcoming mission.

He was referring to the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission.

The joint National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)-Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) project will map the entire globe and provide data for understanding changes in Earth’s ecosystems, ice mass, vegetation…