Bengaluru, July 30 -- Space scientist and professor RC Kapoor has lauded NISAR as "the most advanced Earth observation satellite" to date.

Speaking to ANI ahead of the launch of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, Kapoor said, "It's a major collaboration between two great agencies, NASA and ISRO. It's going to be placed in orbit around the Earth, at a height of about 743km. It will scan the entire Earth in about 12 days."

The scientist said that NISAR will produce an enormous volume of high-resolution data daily, providing critical insights for scientists, disaster management authorities, policymakers, and environmental researchers.

He said, "It will generate a tremendous amount of da...