US space agency NASA said on Tuesday, it
would launch a water-
related satellite in collaboration with the Indian Space
Research Orgnisation.
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar mission is a part
of its plan to launch in the next seven years a series of satellite related to
water and drought. NASA said that among others include the Ice, Cloud, and land
Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2); Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
(GRACE) Follow-on and Surface Water Ocean Topography mission.
The US space agency said that these satellite
missions join more than a dozen NASA airborne sensors focused on regional-scale
issues, understanding detailed Earth science processes and calibrating and
validating NASA satellites. The US
agency said that it develops new ways to observe and study Earth's
interconnected natural systems with long-term data records and computer
analysis tools to better see how our planet is changing.
NASA said it is scheduled to launch three new
Earth science missions this year, which will contribute to water cycle research
and water-related national policy decisions. The Global Precipitation
Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, a joint satellite project with the Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency scheduled for launch on 27th February will
inaugurate an unprecedented international satellite constellation that will
produce the first nearly global observations of rainfall and snowfall.