NASA NISAR PRE-LAUNCH TELECON, July 28, 2025, virtual, 12:00 pm ET

NASA will hold a pre-launch telecon on July 28, 2025 at 12:00 pm ET for the launch of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission. The telecon will air on JPL’s YouTube Channel.

The launch is scheduled for July 30 from India’s launch site in Sirharikota (see our separate entry).

Participants in the July 28 pre-launch telecon are:

·      Karen St. Germain, director of Earth science, NASA Headquarters

·      Gerald Bawden, NISAR program scientist, NASA Headquarters

·      Shanna McClain, Disasters program manager, NASA Headquarters

·      Phil Barela, NISAR project manager, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

·      Marco Lavalle, NISAR deputy project scientist, NASA JPL