Resourcesat-2A

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ResourceSat-2A
Earth observation
ISRO
2016-074A
41877
www.isro.gov.in
5 years (planned)9 years, 5 months and 4 days (in progress)
ResourceSat-2A
Indian Space Research Organisation
1,235 kg (2,723 lb)
1250 watts
7 December 2016, 04:54 UTC
PSLV-XL C36
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad (FLP)
Indian Space Research Organisation
February 2017
Geocentric orbit
Low Earth Orbit
817 km (508 mi)
817 km (508 mi)
98.78°
101.35 minutes
Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS)Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-3 (LISS-3)Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-4 (LISS-4)
Earth observation satellites series

Resourcesat-2A is a follow on mission to Resourcesat-1 and Resourcesat-2 which were launched in October 2003 and in April 2011 respectively. The new satellite provides the same services as the other Resourcesat missions. It will give regular micro and macro information on land and water bodies below, farm lands and crop extent, forests, mineral deposits, coastal information, rural and urban spreads besides helping in disaster management.

The satellite contains three instruments on board:

• Advanced Wide-Field Sensor (AWiFS) - it operates in three spectral bands in VNIR and one band in SWIR. It provides images with 56 meter spatial resolution that would be useful at the State level.
• Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-3 (LISS-3) - it operates in three-spectral bands, two in VNIR and one in Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) bandwidth. With 23.5 meter spatial resolution it can provide images at the district level. It has a swath of 740 km and revisit period of 5 days.
• Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-4 (LISS-4) - it operates in three spectral bands in the Visible and Near Infrared Region (VNIR) with 5.8 meter spatial resolution that can provide information at taluk level. It has swath of 70 km and revisit period of 5 days.

The satellite also carries two Solid State Recorders with a capacity of 200 Gigabits to store the images which can be read out later to ground stations.

The satellite was launched aboard PSLV-C36, the 38th flight of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL), on 7 December 2016, at 04:54 UTC. For the first time, Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) processor and receiver was used to navigate PSLV.

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• List of Indian satellites

• Official Website Archived 4 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine