Cartosat-2B
Mission type | Earth observation |
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Operator | ISRO |
COSPAR ID | 2010-035A |
SATCAT № | 36795 |
Mission duration | 5 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Launch mass | 690 kilograms (1,520 lb)[1] |
Power | 930 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 12 July 2010, 03:52[2] | UTC
Rocket | PSLV-CA (s/n C15) |
Launch site | Satish Dhawan FLP |
Contractor | ISRO |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth[1] |
Perigee | 629 kilometres (391 mi) |
Apogee | 651 kilometres (405 mi) |
Inclination | 97.89 degrees |
Period | 97.38 minutes |
Mean motion | 14.78 |
Repeat interval | 4 days |
Epoch | 25 December 2013, 12:27:56 UTC[3] |
Main camera | |
Wavelengths | 0.5 – 0.85 micrometre |
Resolution | Less than 1 metre |
CARTOSAT 2B is an Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit and the fourth of the Cartosat series of satellites. The satellite is the seventeenth satellite in the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite series to be built by the Indian Space Research Organisation.[4] It was launched along with the 116 kg Algerian satellite, one nano satellite each from Canada and Switzerland, and StudSat, a pico satellite, on 12 July 2010 in a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket from the spaceport at Sriharikota.[5]
The satellite carries a panchromatic (PAN) camera capable of taking black-and-white pictures in the visible region of electromagnetic spectrum. The highly agile CARTOSAT-2B can be steered up to 26 degrees along as well as across the direction of its movement to facilitate imaging of any area more frequently.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 CARTOSAT - 2A
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External links
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