Cartosat-2A was an Earth observation satellite in a Sun-synchronous orbit and the third of the Cartosat series of satellites. The satellite is the thirteenth satellite in the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite series to be built, launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation for Ministry of Home Affairs (India) and other strategic users.
Launch Cartosat-2A was launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9) on 28 April 2008, «t 03:54:00 UTC, along with the 87 kg Indian Mini Satellite (IMS-1) and eight nano research satellites belonging to research facilities. The CanX-2 and the CanX-6 of Canada, the AAUSAT-2 of Denmark, the Compass-1 and the Rubin-8 of Germany, the CUTE-1.7 of Japan, and the Delfi-C3 of the Netherlands.India in multi-satellite launch The satellite completed its mission ojectives and became derelict in 2025.
Payload The satellite carries a panchromatic (PAN) camera (0.5 to 0.8 microns) with a spatial resolution of 1 meter and swath of 9.6 km. Two CCD’s are provided, one main and one redundant. The camera is mounted on a highly agile platform capable of being steered across and along the track to provide spot imagery of the area of interest.PSLV Successfully Launches Ten Satellites
See also
Indian military satellites List of Indian satellites
References
External links Cartosat-2A website