# Resourcesat-2
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: isro
- **launch vehicle**: isro-pslv
- **actual launch**: 2011-04-20
- **planned decommission**: 2016-04-20
- **current status**: operational
- **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**: true
- **archive depth years**: 15
- **current geographic priority**: Land observation for natural resources management, agriculture, forestry, water resources and disaster management.
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-14
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: isro
- **attributes**: {"operator":"isro","launch_vehicle":"isro-pslv","actual_launch":"2011-04-20","planned_decommission":"2016-04-20","current_status":"operational","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":true,"archive_depth_years":15,"current_geographic_priority":"Land observation for natural resources management, agriculture, forestry, water resources and disaster management."}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
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.[^isro-resourcesat-2][^isro-satellites-2025] 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.[^wmo-awifs][^wmo-liss-iii][^wmo-liss-iv] 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.[^wmo-awifs][^wmo-liss-iv] 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.[^wmo-resourcesat-2][^isro-satellites-2025] Resourcesat-2 supports natural resources management, agriculture, forestry, water resources assessment, and disaster management applications.[^isro-resourcesat-2]

## Compositional position
- Resourcesat-2 --[mission_payloads]--> awifs (products)
- Resourcesat-2 --[mission_payloads]--> liss-iii (products)
- Resourcesat-2 --[mission_payloads]--> liss-iv (products)
- Resourcesat-2 --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- Resourcesat-2 --[related-topic]--> crop-type (topics)
- Resourcesat-2 --[related-topic]--> crop-stress (topics)
- Resourcesat-2 --[related-topic]--> crop-phenology (topics)
- Resourcesat-2 --[related-topic]--> deforestation (topics)

## Sources
- [isro-resourcesat-2] | RESOURCESAT-2, ISRO | https://www.isro.gov.in/RESOURCESAT_2.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [isro-satellites-2025] | DoS/ISRO satellites launched so far, 10 April 2025 | https://www.isro.gov.in/media_isro/pdf/Satellites_launched_so_far_10th_April_2025.pdf | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [wmo-resourcesat-2] | ResourceSat-2, WMO OSCAR satellite record | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/resourcesat_2 | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-14
- [ceos-resourcesat-2] | RESOURCESAT-2 mission summary, CEOS MIM Database | https://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionsummary.aspx?missionID=439 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-14
- [wmo-awifs] | AWiFS, WMO OSCAR instrument record | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments/view/awifs | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-14
- [wmo-liss-iii] | LISS-3 (ResourceSat), WMO OSCAR instrument record | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments/view/liss_3_resourcesat | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-14
- [wmo-liss-iv] | LISS-4, WMO OSCAR instrument record | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments/view/liss_4 | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-14

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