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About IRS-R2

IRS-R2 (ResourceSat-2) is an environmental satellite from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) which launched on 20 April 2011 and remains operational. It is the eighteenth remote sensing satellite built by ISRO.

Mission Parameters
OrbitCircular Polar Sun Synchronous
Orbit Altitude822 km + 20 km (3 Sigma)
Orbit Inclination98.731º + 0.2º
Orbit Period101.35 min
Number of Orbits per day14
Local Time of Equator crossing10:30 am
Repetivity24 days

IRS-R2 Objectives

The overall objectives of the ResourceSat-2 mission are to provide continued remote sensing data services on an operational basis for integrated land and water resources management. 

IRS-R2 Instruments

Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-III (LISS-3)

LISS-III operates in three spectral bands in VNIR and one in Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) band with 23.5 metre spatial resolution. There was improved radiometric accuracy from 7 bits to 10 bits for LISS-III and LISS-IV.

LISS-3 Parameters

Parameter/Instrument

LISS-3

Spatial resolution or IFOV (Instantaneous Field of View)

23.5 m

Spectral bands (µm)

B2: 0.52-0.59, (green)
B3: 0.62-0.68, (red)
B4: 0.77-0.86, (NIR)
B5: 1.55-1.70 (SWIR)

Swath width

141 km

Detector line arrays x No of elements

4 x 6,000

Data quantization

10 bit (VNIR),
10 bit (SWIR)

Square wave response at Nyquist

B2> 0.40, B3> 0.40
B4> 0.35, B5> 0.20

Power consumption

70 W

Instrument mass

106.1 kg

Date rate

52.5 Mbit/s

 

 

Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor-IV (LISS-4)

LISS-IV operates in three spectral bands in the visible and Near Infrared Region (VNIR) with 5.8 metre spatial resolution and steerable up to 26 degrees across track to obtain stereoscopic imagery and achieve five-day revisit capability. The LISS-IV multispectral swath was improved from 23 km to 70 km.

LISS-4 Parameters

Parameter/Instrument

LISS-4

Spatial resolution or IFOV (Instantaneous Field of View)

≤ 5.8 m

Spectral bands (µm)

B2: 0.52-0.59, (green)
B3: 0.62-0.68, (red)
B4: 0.77-0.86 (NIR)
B3-default band for mono

Swath width

70 Km in Mono Mode, 23.9 km in MX Mode

Detector line arrays x No of elements

1 x 12,288 PAN mode
3 x 12,288 MS mode

Data quantization

10 bit

Square wave response at Nyquist

> 20

Power consumption

216 W

Instrument mass

169.5 kg

Date rate

105 Mbit/s

 

 

Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS)

The AWiFS operates in three spectral bands in VNIR and one band in SWIR with 56 metre spatial resolution. There was improved radiometric accuracy from 10 bits to 12 bits for AWIFS.

AWiFS Parameters

Parameter/Instrument

AWiFS

Spatial resolution or IFOV (Instantaneous Field of View)

56 m (nadir)
(70 m a swath edge)

Spectral bands (µm)

B2: 0.52-0.59, (green)
B3: 0.62-0.68, (red)
B4: 0.77-0.86, (NIR)
B5: 1.55-1.70 (SWIR)

Swath width

740 km

Detector line arrays x No of elements

4 x 2 x 6,000

Data quantization

10 bit

Square wave response at Nyquist

B2> 0.40, B3> 0.40
B4> 0.35, B5> 0.20

Power consumption

114 W

Instrument mass

103.6 kg

Date rate

52.5 Mbit/s

 

 

Non-scientific measuring instruments

The satellite also carries a Canadian instrument known as AIS (Automatic Identification System) - as an experimental payload for ship surveillance in VHF band to derive position, speed and other information about ships.

IRS-R2 Data

DATA DESCRIPTION

ESA is offering, for scientific research and application development, access to archive and new tasking data from ResourceSat-2 data upon submission and acceptance of a project proposal. These products are available as part of the GAF Indian Satellite Imagery products.

ESA will support as many high-quality and innovative projects as possible within the quota limit available, therefore only a limited amount of products can be made available to each project.

Following collection is available:

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