Resourcesat-2 is a follow on mission to
Resourcesat-1 and the eighteenth
Indian remote sensing satellite built by
Indian Space Research Organisation (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
YouthSat
YouthSat is a Russian-Indian scientific-educational artificial satellite developed on the basis of an agreement between the Russian Federal Space Agency and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is built using ISRO's Indian Mini Satel ...
and
X-Sat (
Singapore
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) was launched by the
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites ...
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
exactEarth
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exactEarth provides satellite AIS ...
(
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
{{Orbital launches in 2011
Earth observation satellites of India
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