How to Pack a Spacecraft: Science Payload on Earth Science Mission Heads to India

Part of a partnership between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the spacecraft known as NISAR - short for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar - recently moved one step closer to being able to study changes to the land and ice on Earth. Take a behind-the-scenes trip with NISAR Mechanical Integration Lead Scott Nowak into the clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California as he highlights the NISAR team’s work to assemble the satellite’s science instrument payload and to pack it up to ship out to ISRO’s satellite facility in Bengaluru, India. Technicians and engineers there will integrate the instruments into the main body, or bus, of the satellite, and put it through further testing in preparation for a 2024 launch.
For more information on the mission go to: nisar.jpl.nasa.gov/.
For more information on NISAR’s journey to India, visit:

[@firewolf6479]

:D May this collab with the ISRO bring great sucess

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[@JameBlack]

Yeah, its better for NASA to cooperate and invest in India rather than Russia.

[@manishsaini9360]

@@JameBlack It'll be Beneficial for both the Countries.

[@leonardoraz6375]

Poor India

[@L.K.P_]

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[@jebus456]

exactly the tutorial i needed! straight and to the point!

[@smhdpt12]

This guys voice is great. He needs to do more tours of everything NASA!

[@Tarunchakka666]

NASA x ISRO 💥💢

[@Ati-Maharathi]

Cant wait for launch.🤩

[@carmamd]

It is very good to see the international cooperation on this extremely cool piece of technology.

[@AnotherSwissYoutubeUser]

Great Tutorial thanks, might be useful later 👍

[@zimmy1958]

Thanks

[@victorapalkow8681]

😮WOOOW GOOD WORK ALL NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐💙🤗

[@shiryto7390]

is the astoroid 2001 Vb true or false?

[@corrinastanley125]

Great video and good luck.

[@kartik-uy5jd]

wow

[@verioffkin]

Would be interesting to see this thing, and other things like that, en route, it must be some special story, I think, as well.

[@NoHandleToSpeakOf]

0:30 squeaking means there is metal rubbing against metal making fine metal dust.

[@rahulmaurya5348]

😮

[@_aidid]

Goodluck

[@Creative.everyday]

WOW amazing

[@MFP761]

Waoo

[@avsrule247]

@NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Who is the launch provider for this mission? It will be interesting to see these videos a decade from now, when Starship is flying reliably and engineers no longer need to have so much consideration for weight as they do now.

[@EricFielding]

NISAR will be launched on ISRO GSLV rocket.

[@orkkojit]

​@@EricFielding Why not SpaceX ? They have a better safety record considering the string of recent accidents and failures regarding ISRO rockets.

[@EricFielding]

@@orkkojit This is a joint NASA-ISRO mission and one of the major contributions ISRO is providing is their launch vehicle.

[@orkkojit]

@@EricFielding NISAR is the most expensive satellite ever made, according to news reports. Safety records should have been considered nonetheless. Also I believe ISRO's major contribution was in installing the S band on NISAR

[@EricFielding]

@@orkkojit NASA built the core of the radar structure, the L-band radar, the boom, and the reflector. ISRO is building the satellite bus, built the S-band radar, and will provide the launch vehicle. That is roughly equal sharing of resources for the mission. NASA does have strict requirements on the safety of the GSLV rocket. They require ISRO to have at least three successful launches before they put the NISAR mission on the GSLV rocket.

[@sneedsfeed757]

Saw the globemaster land

[@gafoormon]

Nasa and isro

[@Rmm1722]

good

[@Megadeth_777]

Not good. NASA is stealing tax payer dollars everyday.

[@movieblockbuster9692]

57 mulli country kiya karte ho

[@L.K.P_]

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[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

@0:43 Hungry for a Wonka Bar yet?

[@jomat6151]

Why NASA needs ISRO? Can’t NASA do it alone. What ISRO bring to table?

[@whatsanimesh]

cheaper launch costs and hardware development.

[@b.l.0427]

Higher success rate of launching rate faster development like lr is made in usa se made in India and also its not about a country -country it will observe whole world

[@tsr0911]

Fun fact: NASA claim of finding water on moon is from the chandrayaan 1

[@Call-me-Avi]

Its always better to collaborate. Reduces costs, assembly times, increases cooperation and trust. There is literally nothing to lose here.

[@doctorpanigrahi9975]

The cost is distributed.

[@cp_200]

Bro what's the catch here, why nasa gave 12000cr satellite to India??

[@tirthachakrabarti5912]

NASA didn't give it to India. It's a joint project by India and the USA in which the two SAR payloads have been provided by two countries and the fully assembled spacecraft will be launched from India on-board an Indian rocket.

[@nps7742]

Its a joint project just like international space station

[@Xinnie_The_Flu]

ISRO's launches are way more cost effective than NASA. That's the catch.
Just look up their numbers. You need to learn some stuff about ISRO my guy.👍

[@manishsaini9360]

Read about ISRO of India

[@b.l.0427]

Joint project