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Resourcesat-2

Resourcesat-2 (IRS-R2) is an ISRO land-observation satellite and the second flight unit of the ResourceSat programme, launched on 20 April 2011 aboard PSLV-C16 from Sriharikota.^[1]^[2] The mission carries three Earth observation instruments - AWiFS, LISS-III, and LISS-IV - providing wide-swath land coverage up to 740 km alongside medium and high spatial resolution modes.^[3]^[4]^[5] AWiFS delivers 56 m resolution with global 5-day coverage; LISS-III provides 23 m multispectral imagery; LISS-IV images at 5.8 m in panchromatic mode with a 5-day tasking repeat.^[3]^[5] ISRO also carried an experimental AIS ship-surveillance payload; WMO OSCAR lists the satellite as operational as of a February 2026 update, well beyond its 5-year design life.^[6]^[2] Resourcesat-2 supports natural resources management, agriculture, forestry, water resources assessment, and disaster management applications.^[1]

Full specification

All fields

current status	Operational
operator	Indian Space Research Organisation
launch vehicle	PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)
Launched	2011-04-20
planned decommission	2016-04-20
orbit type	Sun-synchronous polar orbit, about 817-822 km altitude, 98.7 degree inclination, 10:30 local time descending node
swath km	740
revisit days	5
tasking supported	Yes
archive depth years	15
current geographic priority	Land observation for natural resources management, agriculture, forestry, water resources and disaster management.

Supply chain position

carries instrument AWiFS

carries instrument LISS-III (Resourcesat)

carries instrument LISS-IV

operated by Indian Space Research Organisation

launched on PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)

related to Land cover change

related to Crop-type mapping

related to Crop stress and yield

related to Crop phenology

related to Deforestation

Vegetation index mapping → demonstrated AWiFS

Optical time-series change detection → capable AWiFS

Multispectral optical imaging → demonstrated AWiFS

Vegetation index mapping → demonstrated LISS-III (Resourcesat)

Optical time-series change detection → capable LISS-III (Resourcesat)

Multispectral optical imaging → demonstrated LISS-III (Resourcesat)

Vegetation index mapping → demonstrated LISS-IV

Optical time-series change detection → capable LISS-IV

Multispectral optical imaging → demonstrated LISS-IV

Sources

[1]RESOURCESAT-2, ISROagency doc2026-06-14
[2]DoS/ISRO satellites launched so far, 10 April 2025agency doc2026-06-14
[3]AWiFS, WMO OSCAR instrument recordthird party2026-06-14
[4]LISS-3 (ResourceSat), WMO OSCAR instrument recordthird party2026-06-14
[5]LISS-4, WMO OSCAR instrument recordthird party2026-06-14
[6]ResourceSat-2, WMO OSCAR satellite recordthird party2026-06-14
[7]RESOURCESAT-2 mission summary, CEOS MIM Databasecommunity2026-06-14

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