RISAT-2B, or Radar Imaging Satellite-2B is an Indian

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reconnaissance satellite that is part of India's

RISAT RISAT (Radar Imaging Satellite) is a series of Indian radar imaging reconnaissance satellites built by ISRO. They provide all-weather surveillance using synthetic aperture radars (SAR). The ''RISAT'' series are the first all-weather Earth obs ...

programme and the third satellite in the series. It is built by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to replace

RISAT-2 RISAT-2, or Radar Imaging Satellite-2 was an Indian radar imaging reconnaissance satellite that was part of India's RISAT programme. It was built by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and successfully launched aboard a PSLV-CA launch veh ...

Overview

RISAT-2B satellites will succeed India's ten-year-old

spacecraft. Equipped with X-band radar imagers, RISAT-2B monitors the

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day and night, in any weather conditions. RISAT uses a technique called Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to build images of the Earth below it. Signals transmitted from the satellite are reflected from the surface and its echo is recorded when it reaches back to the satellite. These signals can then be processed to build a profile of the ground below. The RISAT constellation is operated by the ISRO. While ISRO states the satellites applications as supporting

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and disaster management, their primary purpose is military surveillance. RISAT-2B can operate in different modes including Very High Resolution Radar (VHRR) imaging modes of 1 × 0.5 m resolution and 0.5 × 0.3 m resolution. It is placed in an inclined orbit for better revisit rates over area of interest. Being a radar imaging satellite, RISAT-2B can image during day or night and in all weather conditions.

Satellite description

RISAT-2B's main sensor is an indigenously developed synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite operating in

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with 3.6 m radial rib antenna. The satellite is utilized for high resolution spot imaging of locations of interest and it has a mass of .

Launch

It was successfully launched aboard a

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(PSLV-C46) launch vehicle at 00:00 UTC on 22 May 2019 from the First Launch Pad at the

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Overview

Satellite description

Launch

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