CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- RESOURCESAT-2
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Full Name
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Resource Satellite-2
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Status
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Operational (extended)
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Mission Agencies
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ISRO
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Launch Date
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20 Apr 2011
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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Jun 2023
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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37387 (TLE)
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International Designator
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2011-015A
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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102 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Descending
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Orbit Inclination
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98.72 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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817 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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10:30
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Repeat Cycle
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26 days
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Objectives and Applications
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Natural resources management, agricultural applications, forestry, etc.
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Mission Measurements
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| 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 |
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Mission Instruments
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Featured Datasets
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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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