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Cartosat-2A

Cartosat-2A is a single high-resolution optical Earth-observation satellite built and operated by ISRO, the third satellite in the Cartosat-2 series and launched on 2008-04-28 by PSLV.^[1]^[2] It flew a sun-synchronous orbit at 635 km with a 09:32 descending equator crossing.^[3] The PAN (Cartosat-2A/B) instrument provided 0.8 m panchromatic imagery across a 9.6 km swath, supporting cartographic mapping, urban and rural infrastructure management, and land information systems.^[4]^[1] ISRO's 2025 Space Situational Awareness Report records Cartosat-2A as non-operational by 2025; WMO OSCAR listed it as operational with an EOL date of at least 2026 as of a 2026-01-19 update, while CEOS listed operational extended with EOL December 2025.^[5]^[3]^[2]

Supply chain position

carries instrument PAN (Cartosat-2A)

operated by Indian Space Research Organisation

launched on PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)

related to Urban change

related to Land cover change

Multispectral optical imaging → demonstrated PAN (Cartosat-2A)

Sources

[1]CARTOSAT-2A mission page, ISROagency doc2026-06-14
[2]CARTOSAT-2A mission summary, CEOS databasecommunity2026-06-14
[3]Satellite: CartoSat-2A, WMO OSCAR/Spaceagency doc2026-06-14
[4]Instrument PAN (CartoSat-2A/B), WMO OSCAR/Spaceagency doc2026-06-14
[5]Indian Space Situational Awareness Report 2025 release, ISROagency doc2026-06-14

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:cartosat-2a,
  title = {Cartosat-2A},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/cartosat-2a}
}