Cartosat 2A

Designation	32783 / 08021A
Launch date	28 Apr 2008 - 03:53 UT
Launch site	Sriharikota, SLP
Launch vehicle	PSLV-C9
Mission	Military: Remote Sensing
Sun-Synchronous LEO Earth orbit on:
Perigee / Apogee	623 x 644 km
Eccentricity	1.50E-03
Eccentricity	98
Inclination	97.39 deg
Period	min

Satellite before launch

Prime contractor	Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Operator	ISRO
Platform
Mass at launch	680 kg
Dry Mass	60 kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	- In service

Satellite during controle

Integration of the CartoSat-2A spacecraft and the secondary payloads (image credit: ISRO)

The Indian Space Research Organization's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle flight C9 placed the Cartosat-2A imaging satellite in a 620 x 661 km x 97.9 deg polar orbit on Apr 28, together with a cluster of small satellites. The Indian Mini Satellite 1 is a small imaging satellite with a mass of around 60 kg.
The other payloads were nanosatellites with masses from 1 to 7 kg: Cute-1.7/APD-II for the Tokyo Institute of Technology; AAUSat-II for the University of Aalborg (Denmark); Can X-2 for UTIAS (the University of Toronto Institiute of Aerospace Studies); Compass-1 for the Fachhochschule Aachen (Germany); Delfi-C3 for the Technical University of Delft (Netherlands); SEEDS 2 for Nihon University (Tokyo); and Can X-6, a collaboration between UTIAS and Com Dev International. Can X-6 carries a payload for relaying identification beacon data from shipping.
Military version of CartoSat 2; dedicated satellite for the Indian armed forces.

Ref.: #7(JR596), #78a, #226, #242 - update: 22.01.15