Relevant section on NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) can be found on pages 101 and 102.
Last month we heard about delay to January 2023 but it may bump away further as GSLV Mk II needs to score 3 successful launches including 2 with 4 m fairing.
>The NISAR project reported an estimated $79.2 million in cost increases, which officials attribute in part to delays with the ISRO provided radar. However, the project is reassessing its cost and schedule estimates following continued delays with both the NASA and ISRO-provided radars, which the project reports were exacerbated by COVID-19. In addition, in February 2021, NASA notified Congress that it expected NISAR’s development costs to increase by more than 15 percent above the approved baseline commitment and the schedule to be delayed by more than 6 months past its approved baseline launch date.
>The project expects the launch date will be later than the baseline date of September 2022.
Previous year's GAO report.
https://old.reddit.com/r/ISRO/comments/gbjsg9/nisar_updates/
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