RISAT-2
Sign in to saveRISAT-2, or Radar Imaging Satellite-2 was an Indian radar imaging reconnaissance satellite that was part of India's RISAT programme. It was procured from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and successfully launched aboard a PSLV-CA launch vehicle at 01:15:00 UTC on 20 April 2009 from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
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It is catalogued under topics including 2009 in India, Earth observation satellites of India and Imaging reconnaissance satellites.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Radar Imaging Satellite
- Country
- India
- Country of origin
- India
- Followed by
- RISAT-1
- Manufacturer
- Indian Space Research Organisation
- Image
- RISAT-2BR1 with its Radial Rib Antenna deployed.png
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2009-04-20
- type of orbit
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- time of object orbit decay
- 2022-10-30
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Technical capabilities
- Launch
- ANUSAT satellite
- Mission
- See also
- References
RISAT-2, or Radar Imaging Satellite-2 was an Indian radar imaging reconnaissance satellite that was part of India's RISAT programme. It was procured from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and successfully launched aboard a PSLV-CA launch vehicle at 01:15:00 UTC on 20 April 2009 from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
It is designed to monitor India's borders and as part of anti-infiltration and anti-terrorist operations. The satellite has a mass of .
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