The $1.5 billion synthetic aperture radar imaging satellite, a joint project between NASA and the Indian space agency ISRO, successfully launched into orbit on Wednesday aboard that nation's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, a medium-lift rocket.

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.