Oceansat 2

Spacecraft n°:

Indian spacecraft n°: 53

Launch data: Designation  35931 / 09051A Launch date  23 Sep 2009 - 06:21 UT Launch site  Sriharikota Launch vehicle  PSLV-C14 Mission  Government: Remote Sensing / Imaging Sun-Synchronous LEO Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  715 x 725 km Eccentricity  7.05E-04 Inclination  98.3 deg Period  99.34 min

Spacecraft data:

Oceansat 2 before its integretion - Credit: ISRO

Oceansat 2 integrated with PSLV C14

Mission details:

• Ocean monitoring; will take data in the visible and near-infrared for observing water pollution, fish populations, sediment distribution and algae. Swath of 1,420 km width with a resolution of 360 m.
• ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organization, launched Oceansat-2 on Sep 23, a remote sensing satellite with an 8-band ocean color monitor, a radar scatterometer and a radio occultation atmospheric sounder. It also deployed four 1 kg Cubesats, and carried two Rubin maritime communications packages which remain attached to the PSLV final stage.
• Launch vehicle was the PSLV-CA, the 'core-alone' version of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle; it was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.