Cartosat-2F

PSLV-C40/Cartosat-2 Series

Picture of Cartosat Satellite CartoSat 2 (Image Credit ISRO)
Mission type	Reconnaissance
Operator	National Remote Sensing Center
COSPAR ID	2018-004A
Website	Cartosat 2 Series Satellite
Mission duration	Planned: 5 years Elapsed: 8 years, 4 months, 28 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Earth Observation
Manufacturer	ISRO
Launch mass	710 Kg
Power	986 Watts
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Circular polar Sun Synchronous
Regime	Sun-synchronous orbit
Inclination	97.47 Degree
Period	94.72 Minute

Cartosat-2F the eight satellite in the Cartosat-2 series is an Earth observation satellite launched on PSLV-C40 mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation. It was launched at 05:00z from Sriharikota Range on January 11, 2018, the third of the series to be launched within a year. The launch also marked the 100th satellite successfully put into orbit by the ISRO.

Like other satellites in the series, Cartosat-2F was built on a IRS-2 bus. It uses reaction wheels, magnetorquers, and hydrazine-fueled reaction control thrusters for stability. It has a design service life of five years. Cartosat-2F has two main remote sensing instruments, a panchromatic camera called PAN and a four channel visible/near infrared radiometer called HRMX.

The first image returned by the mission, on January 15, 2018; was of Holkar Stadium and the surrounding community in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

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