BHEL associated with the first ever ISRO and NASA Joint Mission: NISAR
The NISAR satellite has been successfully launched on Wednesday (July 30, 2025) using GSLV-F16 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
BHEL associated with the first ever ISRO and NASA Joint Mission: NISAR
The NISAR mission (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) is a collaborative space mission between NASA (United States) and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). It is designed to observe and understand the dynamics of the Earth's surface using advanced radar imaging. NISAR is the first of its kind mission for earth observation which will map the entire globe in 12 days and will provide spatially and temporally consistent data for understanding changes in Earth’s ecosystems, ice mass, vegetation biomass, sea level rise, ground water and natural hazards including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and landslides.
The NISAR satellite has been successfully launched on Wednesday (July 30, 2025) using GSLV-F16 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
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BHEL is proud to be associated with ISRO for this joint mission which is powered by BHEL manufactured three Space Grade Solar Panels and one Space Grade Li-ion battery. Each Panel of approx. 4 sq. m and 1100-watt capacity was manufactured at BHEL –Electronics Systems Division plant at Bangalore using multi junction solar cells. Further, one Li-ion battery of approx. 11 KWh capacity manufactured and tested in the same plant using cylindrical Li-ion cells was also used for this mission to power the satellite.
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Following the historic successes of Chandrayaan-3 and SPADEX Mission, both powered by BHEL’s solar panels and batteries, the NISAR mission marks yet another proud achievement for BHEL's space-grade product portfolio. This mission not only showcases the strength of indigenous manufacturing but also highlights India’s growing contribution to international space science and exploration.
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