In a historic milestone for India–US space cooperation, the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite was successfully launched on Wednesday, marking a significant leap in global Earth observation capabilities, an IANS report said.

The satellite was carried aboard India’s GSLV-F16 rocket, which launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, at 5:40 pm IST.

“We have liftoff! GSLV-F16 has successfully launched with NISAR onboard,” ISRO confirmed in a post on X (formerly Twitter).