Objectives and Applications
Natural resources management, agricultural applications, forestry, etc.
Full Name
Resource Satellite-2
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
20 Apr 2011
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2025
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
102 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.72 deg
Orbit Altitude
817 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:30
Repeat Cycle
26 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
AWiFS - Advanced Wide Field Sensor |
| LISS-III (Resourcesat) - Linear Imaging Self Scanner - III (Resourcesat) |
| LISS-IV - Linear Imaging Self Scanner - IV |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | AWiFS, LISS-III (Resourcesat), LISS-IV |
| Landscape topography | AWiFS, LISS-III (Resourcesat), LISS-IV |
| Vegetation | AWiFS, LISS-III (Resourcesat), LISS-IV |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | AWiFS, LISS-III (Resourcesat), LISS-IV |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | AWiFS, LISS-III (Resourcesat), LISS-IV |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | AWiFS |
ResourceSat-2 Full Archive and Tasking
Jan-2011 | ResourceSat-2, also known as IRS-R2, in an environmental satellite from the
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) intended to continue the remote
sensing data services to global users provided by ResourceSat-1. The satellite
also provides data with enhanced multispectral and spatial coverage. ESA offers access to worldwide ResourceSat-2/2A archived data via the TPM scheme. - Read more |
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