BENGALURU: It's not just India that seeks technologies from Israel. This time, it's Israel that's come knocking on the doors of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) for collaborations in key technologies.Avi Blasberger, director, Israel Space Agency (ISA) told TOI after a meeting with the space agency on Tuesday: “We have specific areas in which we'd like to collaborate with Isro. I'm hopeful that something serious will emerge after more meetings.“Blasberger said that Israel was particularly keen on collaborating in technologies relating to earth observation, communication and rocket propulsion. “We are also looking at radar satellite,“ he added. Isro is already working on a dual synthetic aperture radar project in collaboration with Nasa, which TOI was the first to report about.While stating that Israel is not looking at any collaboration in India's big-ticket projects to the Sun (Aditya) or the second mission to Mars, Blasberger said: “Isro is among the best geo-stationary orbit technology and is a leader in several other areas; there'll be a lot to learn and exchange.“ Sources in Isro said that while Blasberger met some officials in person, he could only communicate with the agency's chairman AS Kiran Kumar via a video call. “The talks are on and at are a very nascent stage now,“ confirmed an Isro official. Blasberger said he'll be visiting the Isro Space Centre (ISAC) on Wednesday along with Offir Akunis, Israel's science, technology and space minister.India has signed collaboration agreements with Israel in several fields, including defence technologies. However, this is the one of the first times that Israeli officials are visiting India looking to forge ties in the field of technology .“They (Israel) have already launched some of their satellites with us, which was pure business. However, collaborations that are being proposed now show that Isro can also play the role of a guide ,“ added another source.Isro to launch ResourceSat-2A todayBengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will on Wednesday launch remote-sensing satellite ResourceSat-2A, from the first launch pad at Sriharikota using its workhorse launch platform PSLV. The PSLV-C36 is scheduled to take off at 10.25am and place the ResourceSat-2A into the 917km high-polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO).The three payloads on the 1,235kg satellite will be similar to its predecessors. The first one is the high resolution Linear Imaging Self Scanner (LISS-4) camera operating in three spectral bands in the visible and near infrared region (VNIR) with a 5.8m spatial resolution. LISS-3, the second payload, is a medium-resolution camera operating in three-spectral bands in VNIR and one in short wave infrared (SWIR) band with 23.5m spatial resolution. The third payload is a coarse resolution Advanced Wide Field Sensor camera operating in three spectral bands in VNIR and one band in SWIR with 56m spatial resolution. Apart from the payloads, the satellite will also carry two solid state recorders with a capacity of 200 gigabits each to store images taken by its cameras. “Later, our ground stations will be able to access this data for further studies,“ said another official.