Satellite Profile
Cartosat-2 Series Satellite
SSO
ACTIVE
Aging
Identity
- COSPAR
- 2017-008A
- NORAD
- 41948
- Country
- IN
- Operator
- ISRO
- Manufacturer
- ISRO
- Discipline
- EO
Orbit
- Altitude
- 508.1 km
- Perigee
- 505.1 km
- Apogee
- 511.0 km
- Inclination
- 97.43°
- Period
- 94.78 min
- TLE Epoch
- 2026-02-26 17:00:20
Mission & Payload
Cartosat-2 Series Satellite is a India satellite operated by ISRO for eo objectives. It is currently classified as active in SSO orbit, with latest orbital epoch 2026-02-24 17:35:01 from open catalog sources.
- Sensor Type
- OPTICAL
- Resolution
- 0.65 m
- Spectral Bands
- Panchromatic + multispectral
- Swath Width
- 10 km
- Processing Level
- L1/L2 (open-data inferred)
- Users
- —
Launch & Governance
- Launch Date
- 2017-02-15
- Launch Vehicle
- S42052
- Launch Site
- —
- Expected Lifetime
- —
- Constraints
- NSDI: Priced data per Indian Space Policy 2023
- Lineage
- Identification sources: GCAT, CELESTRAK. Latest orbital epoch from Celestrak: 2026-02-24 17:35:01. Metadata date: 2026-02-25. Payload quality fields include open-data heuristic estimates. Last derived at: 2026-02-25.