OCEANSAT-2 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Ocean and atmosphere applications.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Ocean Satellite-2
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
24 Sep 2009
Mission Links
EOL Date
31 May 2023
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
99.31 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.28 deg
Orbit Altitude
720 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
12:00
Repeat Cycle
2 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

OCM (Oceansat-2) - Ocean Colour Monitor (Oceansat-2)
OSCAT - Oceansat-2 scatterometer
ROSA - Radio Occultation Sounder for the Atmosphere

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols OCM (Oceansat-2)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields ROSA
OceanOcean colour/biology OCM (Oceansat-2)
Ocean surface winds OSCAT

Featured Datasets

Oceansat-2 OCM-2 NRT Data
Jan-2016
Oceansat-2 (a follow-on of IRS-P4/Oceansat-1) is an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) mission focused on oceanography and sea-ice monitoring, surface winds and ocean surface strata, ocean colour, suspended sediments, atmospheric aerosols, chlorophyll concentrations, phytoplankton blooms, the identification of potential fishing zones and assessment of primary productivity, among other applications. ESA started acquiring OCM-2 data operationally at the Neustrelitz ground station in Germany from the 1st of January 2016, providing coverage over the North Sea, northern Mediterranean Sea, and part of the Atlantic Ocean. Access is provided in near-real time (<3 hours) through the ESA TPM scheme. - Read more