NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

RISAT 2BR1 & Rideshares

Launch Time
Wed Dec 11, 2019 09:55 UTC

Rocket

PSLV-QL
ISRO
Status: Active
Price: $21.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,661 kN
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 44.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.2 m
Fairing Height: 8.3 m

Mission Details

RISAT 2BR1

RISAT 2B, RISAT 2BR1 and RISAT 2BR2 (Radar Imaging Satellite) are satellite imaging missions of ISRO using an active SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imager to provide continuity of service for RISAT-2. The objective of the RISAT mission is to use the all-weather as well as the day-and-night SAR observation capability in applications such as agriculture, forestry, soil moisture, geology, sea ice, coastal monitoring, object identification, and flood monitoring, but also for military surveillance.

The satellite have a mass of 615 kg and feature an X-band SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar). They feature a larger bus than its RISAT-2 predecessor. The spacecraft is built around new hexagonal structure with a separate payload module. It carries the X-Band SAR with a radial rib reflector 3.6 m mesh antenna. Reportedly the radar system is again a version of the Israeli TECSAR 1 system. It is built for a 5 year operational lifetime. RISAT 2B was launched into a 37° inclined orbit at 555 km orbital height.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 628.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Rideshares

Other satellites were flown on this mission:
- QPS-SAR 1
- 1HOPSat TD
- Pathfinder Risk Reduction
- Lemur-2 108 à 111
- Duchifat 3
- NANOVA

Payloads: 9
Low Earth Orbit

Location

First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Stats

2019

94th orbital launch attempt

Indian Space Research Organisation

75th mission
6th mission of 2019
62nd successful mission
13th consecutive successful mission

PSLV

50th mission
5th mission of 2019
47th successful mission
9th consecutive successful mission