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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian Earth observation satellite}}<br />
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{{Infobox spaceflight<br />
| name = Resourcesat-2A<br />
| names_list = ResourceSat-2A<br />
| image = Render of Resourcesat-2A spacecraft in deployed configuration.png<br />
| image_caption = <br />
| image_size = 300px<br />
| mission_type = [[Earth observation satellite|Earth observation]]<br />
| operator = [[Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO]]<br />
| COSPAR_ID = 2016-074A<br />
| SATCAT = 41877<br />
| website = {{url|https://www.isro.gov.in/}}<br />
| mission_duration = 5 years (planned)<br />{{time interval|7 December 2016|show=ymd}} ''(in progress)''<br />
| spacecraft = ResourceSat-2A<br />
| spacecraft_type = <br />
| spacecraft_bus = <br />
| manufacturer = [[Indian Space Research Organisation]]<br />
| launch_mass = {{cvt|1235|kg}} <ref name="isro-pslvc36" /><br />
| dry_mass = <!-- {{convert| | | |abbr=on}} --><br />
| dimensions = <!-- {{convert| |x| | | |abbr=on}} --><br />
| power = 1250 [[watt]]s<br />
| launch_date = 7 December 2016, 04:54 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]<br />
| launch_rocket = [[Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle|PSLV-XL]] C36<br />
| launch_site = [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]], [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre|First Launch Pad (FLP)]]<br />
| launch_contractor = [[Indian Space Research Organisation]]<br />
| entered_service = February 2017<br />
| disposal_type = <br />
| deactivated = <br />
| last_contact = <br />
| orbit_reference = [[Geocentric orbit]]<br />
| orbit_regime = [[Low Earth Orbit]]<br />
| orbit_periapsis = {{cvt|817|km}}<br />
| orbit_apoapsis = {{cvt|817|km}}<br />
| orbit_inclination = 98.78°<br />
| orbit_period = 101.35 minutes<br />
| apsis = gee<br />
| instruments = Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS)<br />Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-3 (LISS-3)<br />Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-4 (LISS-4)<br />
| programme = [[Earth observation satellite|Earth observation satellites series]]<br />
| previous_mission = [[ScatSat-1]]<br />
| next_mission = [[Cartosat-2D]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Resourcesat-2A''' is a follow on mission to [[Resourcesat-1]] and [[Resourcesat-2]] which were launched in October 2003 and in April 2011 respectively. The new satellite provides the same services as the other Resourcesat missions. It will give regular micro and macro information on land and water bodies below, farm lands and crop extent, forests, mineral deposits, coastal information, rural and urban spreads besides helping in disaster management.<ref name="hindu" /><br />
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== Instruments ==<br />
The satellite contains three instruments on board:<br />
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* Advanced Wide-Field Sensor (AWiFS) - it operates in three spectral bands in VNIR and one band in SWIR. It provides images with 56 meter spatial resolution that would be useful at the State level.<br />
* Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-3 (LISS-3) - it operates in three-spectral bands, two in VNIR and one in [[Infrared|Short Wave Infrared]] (SWIR) bandwidth. With 23.5 meter spatial resolution it can provide images at the district level. It has a swath of 740&nbsp;km and revisit period of 5 days.<br />
* Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-4 (LISS-4) - it operates in three spectral bands in the [[VNIR|Visible and Near Infrared Region]] (VNIR) with 5.8 meter spatial resolution that can provide information at taluk level.<ref name="mint-20161207" /> It has swath of 70&nbsp;km and revisit period of 5 days.<ref name="isro-pslvc36" /><br />
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The satellite also carries two Solid State Recorders with a capacity of 200 [[Gigabit]]s to store the images which can be read out later to [[ground station]]s.<ref name="ndtv-20161207" /><br />
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== Launch ==<br />
The satellite was launched aboard [[PSLV-C36]], the 38th flight of [[Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle]] (PSLV-XL), on 7 December 2016, at 04:54 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]].<ref name="hindu"/> For the first time, [[Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System]] (IRNSS) processor and receiver was used to navigate PSLV.<ref name="timesofindia-20161207" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
{{Portal|Spaceflight}}<br />
* [[List of Indian satellites]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist|refs=<br />
<ref name="hindu"><br />
{{cite news<br />
|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/Remote-sensing-satellite-Resourcesat-2A-launched/article16771746.ece<br />
|title=Remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2A launched<br />
|last=D.S.<br />
|first=Madhumathi<br />
|year=2016<br />
|publication-date=7 December 2016<br />
|newspaper=The Hindu<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415134748/https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/Remote-sensing-satellite-Resourcesat-2A-launched/article16771746.ece<br />
|archive-date=15 April 2022<br />
|url-status=live<br />
}}<br />
</ref><br />
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<ref name="isro-pslvc36"><br />
{{cite web<br />
|url=https://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/flipping_book/PSLV-c36/files/assets/common/downloads/PSLV-C36.pdf<br />
|title=PSLV-C36 Resourcesat 2A<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415134103/https://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/flipping_book/PSLV-c36/files/assets/common/downloads/PSLV-C36.pdf<br />
|archive-date=15 April 2022<br />
|url-status=live<br />
|publisher=[[Indian Space Research Organisation]]<br />
|date=December 2016<br />
}}<br />
</ref><br />
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<ref name="mint-20161207"><br />
{{cite news<br />
|url=https://www.livemint.com/Science/aM18AaOMeb5qXSoqTY9ojJ/Isro-successfully-launches-remote-sensing-satellite-RESOURCE.html<br />
|title=ISRO successfully launches remote sensing satellite RESOURCESAT-2A<br />
|agency=Press Trust of India<br />
|work=Mint<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415134928/https://www.livemint.com/Science/aM18AaOMeb5qXSoqTY9ojJ/Isro-successfully-launches-remote-sensing-satellite-RESOURCE.html<br />
|archive-date=15 April 2022<br />
|url-status=live<br />
|date=7 December 2016<br />
}}<br />
</ref><br />
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<ref name="ndtv-20161207"><br />
{{cite news<br />
|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indias-pslv-rocket-with-resourcesat-2a-lifts-off-1634941<br />
|title=India Puts Remote Sensing Satellite RESOURCESAT-2A Into Orbit<br />
|publisher=Indo-Asian News Service<br />
|publication-date=7 December 2016<br />
|work=NDTV<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415135357/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indias-pslv-rocket-with-resourcesat-2a-lifts-off-1634941<br />
|archive-date=15 April 2022<br />
|url-status=live<br />
}}<br />
</ref><br />
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<ref name="timesofindia-20161207"><br />
{{cite news<br />
|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ISRO-successfully-launches-remote-sensing-satellite-Resourcesat-2A-into-orbit/articleshow/55848146.cms<br />
|title=ISRO successfully places remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2A in orbit<br />
|last=Tejonmayam<br />
|first=U.<br />
|publication-date=7 December 2016<br />
|work=The Times of India<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415134516/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ISRO-successfully-launches-remote-sensing-satellite-Resourcesat-2A-into-orbit/articleshow/55848146.cms<br />
|archive-date=15 April 2022<br />
|url-status=live<br />
}}<br />
</ref><br />
}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c36-resourcesat-2a Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004072726/http://www.isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c36-resourcesat-2a |date=4 October 2017 }}<br />
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