The Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS Cartosat-2
has been successfully launched into polar orbit on January 10, 2007. The
payload was lifted by the PSLV-C7 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
Cartosat-2 is highly agile and can be operated in different imaging modes.
E.g. in spot mode, imaging in North-South direction on either side of the track,
in paint-brush mode, employing roll and pitch tilt to increase the total swath,
and in multi-view mode, imaging one strip three times with different look angles.
Key Parameters of the Cartosat-2 Sensor
|
PAN |
Tilt Across Track |
± 45 deg |
Tilt Along Track |
± 45 deg |
Spatial Resolution |
<1 m |
Swath-width |
9.6 km |
Radiometric Resolution, Quantisation |
10 bit |
Spectral Coverage |
500-850 nm |
CCD Arrays (no. of arrays * no. of elements) |
1 * 12000 |
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