Resourcesat-2 is a follow on mission to Resourcesat-1 and the eighteenth

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satellite built by

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(ISRO). The new satellite provides the same services as the original Resourcesat-1, but was also designed to "provide data with enhanced multispectral and spatial coverage". Compared to Resourcesat-1, LISS-4 multispectral swath has been enhanced from 23 km to 70 km based on user needs. Suitable changes including miniaturization in payload electronics have been incorporated in Resourcesat-2.

Launch

Resourcesat-2 along with

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and X-Sat (

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) was launched by the

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PSLV-C16 on 20 April 2011, at 04:42 UTC.

Instruments

The satellite carries three electrooptical cameras on board: * Advanced Wide-Field Sensor (AWiFS) with 56 meter spatial resolution * The Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-3 (LISS-3) with 23.5 meter spatial resolution * The Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-4 (LISS-4) with 5.8 meter spatial resolution Additionally, the satellite carries an AIS-receiver for

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( COMDEV), which is known as exactView 2 (EV 2).

Mission

The three cameras of ResourceSat-2, were switched on, on 28 April 2011, and the images of high quality were received at Shadnagar Earth Station of the National Remote Sensing Centre of ISRO.

References

External links

Resourcesat-2 at the Indian Space Research Organisation
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