Cartosat-2D

Launch data: Designation  41948 / 17008A Launch date  15 Feb 2017 - 03:58 UT Launch site  Sriharikota, FLP Launch vehicle  PSLV-XL Mission  Gov: Earth observation Sun-Synchronous LEO orbit: Perigee / Apogee  510 x 521 km Eccentricity  1,24E-03 Inclination   97.5° Period  94.8 min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• Cartosat-2 is an advanced remote sensing satellite with a single panchromatic camera (PAN) capable of providing scene-specific spot imageries for cartographic applications. The camera is designed to provide imageries with better than one meter spatial resolution and a swath of 10 km. The satellite will have high agility with capability to steer along and across the track up to + 45 degrees. It will be placed in a sun-synchronous polar orbit at an altitude of 630 km. It will have a revisit period of four days. The re-visit can be improved to one day with suitable orbit manoeuvres.
• Several new technologies like two mirror on axis single camera, Carbon Fabric Reinforced Plastic based electro optic structure, lightweight, large size mirrors, JPEG like data compression, advanced solid state recorder, high-torque reaction wheels and high performance star sensors are being employed in Cartosat-2.

Mission details:

• India′s PSLV placed a record 104 payloads in orbit on Feb 15, 2017. The main payload was the 714 kg ′Cartosat-2 series satellite′, the fourth such imaging payload from ISRO. Two 10 kg INS-1 (Indian Nanosatellite) technology payloads were carried, as well as 25 QuadPack cubesat dispensers from the Dutch company ISISSpace.
• One of these ejected cubesats for SpacePharma (a Swiss/Israeli company), Ben Gurion University, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Rashid Space Center (Dubai), and the Dutch research lab TNO. Another pair of QuadPacks carried 8 Lemur satellites for SpireGlobal. The remaining 22 QuadPacks hosted 88 Flock-3p imaging satellites for Planet (San Francisco).

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking