Referring to India's rich astronomical heritage, he noted, "For centuries, Indians have been observing the skies and asking big questions. For example, in the fifth century, Aryabhatta invented zero. He was also the first to say that the Earth rotates on its axis. Literally, he started fr
Speaking to ANI, Dr Rosen highlighted the significance of the dual radar systems used in the mission and said, "NISAR mission is an amazing watershed mission with two powerful radar systems, one built by NASA, one built by ISRO that will map the earth every 12 days, two times from two differ
Kapoor, while speaking to ANI, said, "It's a major collaboration between two great agencies, NASA and ISRO. It's going to be very soon placed in orbit around the Earth, at a height of say about 743km. It will scan the entire Earth in about 12 days."