CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - OCEANSAT-2 -
Full Name Ocean Satellite-2 Status Mission complete
Mission Agencies ISRO Launch Date 24 Sep 2009
Mission Links mission site EOL Date 31 May 2023
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog # 35931 (TLE)
International Designator 2009-051A
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
Objectives and Applications Ocean and atmosphere applications.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols OCM (Oceansat-2)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields ROSA
OceanOcean colour/biology OCM (Oceansat-2)
Ocean surface winds OSCAT
Mission Instruments
OCM (Oceansat-2) - Ocean Colour Monitor (Oceansat-2)
OSCAT - Oceansat-2 scatterometer
ROSA - Radio Occultation Sounder for the Atmosphere
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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

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