ResourceSat-2

Spacecraft nº:

Indian spacecraft nº: 58

Launch data: Designation  37387 / 11015A Launch date  20 April 2011 - 04:42 UT Launch site  Sriharikota, FLP Launch vehicle  PSLV(3)-C16 Mission  Government: Earth Observation, Remote sensing Polar Earth orbit on 23 April at .37: Perigee / Apogee  821 x 824 km Eccentricity  2.78E-04 Inclination  98.78 deg Period  101.35 min

Spacecraft data: Prime manufactor  ISRO Platform   Operator  ISRO Mass at launch  1206 kg Dry Mass   kg Basic shape   Dimension (m)   Equipment   Solar array   Stabilization   Propulsion   DC power   Design lifetime  5 yrs - still active

RESOURCESAT-2, YOUTHSAT and X-SAT integrated with PSLV-C16. Photo Credit: ISRO

Capabilities:

• A high resolution Linear Imaging Self Scanner (LISS-4) operating in three spectral bands in the visible and Near Infrared Region (VNIR) with 5.8 metre spatial resolution and steerable up to 26 degrees across track to obtain stereoscopic imagery and achieve five day revisit capability;
• A medium resolution LISS-3 operating in three spectral bands in VNIR and one in Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) band with 23.5 metre spatial resolution.
• An Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS) operating in three spectral bands in VNIR and one band in SWIR with 56 metre spatial resolution.

Mission details:

• Follow-on to Resourcesat 1; will provide data with enhanced multispectral and spatial coverage as well.
• Originally planned in Feb, it was postponed to facilitate more rigorous testing of the second stage following the failure of the GSLV-F06.
• India's PSLV-C16 placed the 1200 kg Resourcesat-2 imaging satellite in polar orbit on Apr 20, 2011. Two small satellites were also deployed: ISRO's IMS-1A Youthsat with experiments to study solar-terrestrial relationships, and the X-Sat from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, carrying a 10-meter-resolution multispectral imager.