EO·Atlas
Resourcesat-2A
Resourcesat-2A is an ISRO land and resource-monitoring continuity mission, launched on 7 December 2016 into a sun-synchronous polar orbit at 817 km.[1][2] The satellite carries three instruments inherited from the ResourceSat lineage: LISS-III for 23 m multispectral coverage, LISS-IV for 5.8 m panchromatic and multispectral imaging, and AWiFS for wide-area 56 m resolution land monitoring with a 740 km swath.[1] AWiFS is in a degraded state; LISS-III and LISS-IV remain operational. Together the active instruments provide a 5-day revisit cadence, with tasking supported through NRSC distribution.[1] The mission is operational as of 2026 WMO OSCAR records, complementing Resourcesat-2 in the ISRO land-observation programme. Applications include land-cover change detection, crop-type mapping, and national natural resources management.[2]
All fields
| current status | Operational |
| operator | Indian Space Research Organisation |
| launch vehicle | PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) |
| Launched | 2016-12-07 |
| orbit type | Sun-synchronous polar orbit, 817 km |
| swath km | 740 |
| revisit days | 5 |
| tasking supported | Yes |
| current geographic priority | Global land and resource monitoring with ISRO/NRSC distribution |
Supply chain position
- [1]RESOURCESAT-2A mission page, ISROagency doc2026-06-14
- [2]ResourceSat-2A satellite record, WMO OSCARthird party2026-06-14
How to cite this page
Plain text
Resourcesat-2A. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/missions/resourcesat-2a (CC BY 4.0)
BibTeX
@misc{eoatlas:missions:resourcesat-2a,
title = {Resourcesat-2A},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/resourcesat-2a}
}