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Cartosat-2B
Names	CartoSat-2B
Mission type	Earth observation
Operator	NTRO
COSPAR ID	2010-035A
SATCAT no.	36795
Website	https://www.isro.gov.in/
Mission duration	5 years (planned); 14 years, 5 months and 20 days (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	CartoSat-2B
Bus	IRS-2
Manufacturer	ISRO
Launch mass	694 kg (1,530 lb)
Dry mass	630 kg (1,390 lb)
Power	930 watts
Start of mission
Launch date	12 July 2010, 03:52 UTC
Rocket	Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, (PSLV-C15)
Launch site	Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad (FLP)
Contractor	Indian Space Research Organisation
Entered service	October 2010
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Sun-synchronous orbit
Perigee altitude	623 km (387 mi)
Apogee altitude	644 km (400 mi)
Inclination	97.92°
Period	94.72 minutes
Instruments
	Panchromatic Camera (PAN)
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Cartosat-2B is an Earth observation satellite in a Sun-synchronous orbit and the fourth of the Cartosat series of satellites. The satellite is the seventeenth satellite in the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite series to be built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).^[5]

Instrument

The satellite carries a panchromatic camera (PAN) capable of taking black-and-white pictures in the visible region of electromagnetic spectrum. The highly agile Cartosat-2B can be steered up to 26° along as well as across the direction of its movement to facilitate imaging of any area more frequently. Very-high-resolution land imagery.^[3]

Launch

It was launched along with the 116 kg Algerian satellite Alsat-2A, one nanosatellite each from Canada (AISSat-1) and Switzerland (TIsat-1), and STUDSAT-1, an Indian picosatellite, on 12 July 2010, at 03:52 UTC^[6] in a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) launch vehicle from the spaceport at Sriharikota.^[7]^[8]

References

^ "Cartosat 2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F". Gunter's Space Page. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Cartosat-2B". ISRO. 12 July 2010. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Satellite: CartoSat-2B". World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
^ "CARTOSAT 2B". Heavens Above. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
^ "Cartosat-2B". ISRO. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "Display: Cartosat-2B 2010-035A". NASA. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "PSLV-C15 / Cartosat-2B Mission Brochure" (PDF). ISRO. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
^ "ISRO to launch more satellites this year". The Times of India. 12 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010.