Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Resourcesat-2A
Resourcesat-2A is a follow on mission to Resourcesat-1 and Resourcesat-2 which were launched in October, 2003 and 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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,235.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Stats
2016
76th orbital launch attempt
Indian Space Research Organisation
57th mission
7th mission of 2016
45th successful mission
25th consecutive successful mission
PSLV
38th mission
6th mission of 2016
36th successful mission
34th consecutive successful mission