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]