| Cartosat-2B | |
| Names List: | CartoSat-2B |
| Mission Type: | Earth observation |
| Operator: | NTRO |
| Cospar Id: | 2010-035A |
| Satcat: | 36795 |
| Website: | https://www.isro.gov.in/ |
| Mission Duration: | 5 years (planned) (in progress) |
| Spacecraft: | CartoSat-2B |
| Spacecraft Bus: | IRS-2[1] |
| Manufacturer: | ISRO |
| Launch Mass: | [2] |
| Power: | 930 watts |
| Launch Date: | 12 July 2010, 03:52 UTC |
| Launch Rocket: | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, (PSLV-C15) |
| Launch Site: | Satish Dhawan Space Centre, First Launch Pad (FLP) |
| Launch Contractor: | Indian Space Research Organisation |
| Entered Service: | October 2010 |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric orbit[3] |
| Orbit Regime: | Sun-synchronous orbit |
| Orbit Inclination: | 97.92° |
| Orbit Period: | 94.72 minutes |
| Apsis: | gee |
| Instruments: | Panchromatic Camera (PAN) |
| Programme: | Earth observation satellites series |
| Previous Mission: | Oceansat-2 |
| Next Mission: | Resourcesat-2 |
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).[4]
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.[5]
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]