India launches a first-of-its-kind radar imaging satellite built in collaboration with NASA:: The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR satellite, will help monitor climate change and natural disasters:::: V.

After integration, IRIS was shipped to India for integration into the NISAR satellite at the U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) in Bengaluru. URSC finished NISAR before ISRO moved the satellite to the launch site, and the payload arrived at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on June 12.