V Narayanan reveals image of unfurled NISAR antenna
New Delhi: At the Emerging Science, Technology, and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC) at Bharat Mandapam here, ISRO Chairman V Narayanan revealed an image of the fully deployed 12-metre-wide giant radar reflector antenna on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite. This antenna was stowed away for the launch on 30 July by the GSLV-F16 flight, and then deployed in orbit along with the boom, which is nine metres in length. An image of the fully deployed radar reflector antenna was previously released by Vantor, which was previously Maxar Intelligence, from another satellite. This........
