India to make resource mapping satellite with US
ISRO and NASA are jointly working to develop a satellite for mapping natural resources, Space Department MoS Jitendra Singh told the Parliament. The satellite, named NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), is expected to be completed and launched by 2021, he added. ISRO will be responsible for some of the satellite's design and development, and all in-orbit operations, he said.