The unique Earth observation satellite, NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), will be launched through the GSLV-S16 on July 30, said ISRO chairman V Narayanan, reported news agency PTI.

Weighing 2,392 kg, NISAR is a unique Earth observation satellite and the first to observe the Earth with a dual-frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (NASA's L-band and ISRO's S-band), both using NASA's 12m unfurlable mesh reflector antenna, integrated to ISRO's modified 13k satellite bus.

It will observe Earth with a swath of 242 km and high spatial resolution, using SweepSAR technology for the first time, according to the space agency.