Sensor · Spaceborne

PAN (Cartosat-2A)

Panchromatic pushbroom camera flown on Cartosat-2A, specified for better-than-1 m / 0.8 m-class imagery across a 9.6 km swath.

Sensor

PAN on Cartosat-2A is a single-band VNIR panchromatic pushbroom optical imager carried by ISRO's Cartosat-2A mission.^[1] The payload launched on 2008-04-28, and its specifications align with the shared Cartosat-2A/B PAN instrument record.^[1]^[2]

The instrument covers a 0.50-0.85 micrometre panchromatic channel and uses a pushbroom detector with 12,288 pixels per line.^[2] It is specified with a 9.6 km swath and 0.80 m sub-satellite-point resolution, while ISRO describes Cartosat-2A imagery as better than 1 m class.^[2]^[1]

For downlink and processing planning, WMO records 336 Mbps raw data rate and 105 Mbps after compression for the PAN instrument.^[2] The mission context is retired or decommissioned, while the shared WMO utilization record for Cartosat-2A/B PAN extends to 2026; the payload is a historical high-resolution panchromatic instrument, not a current tasking option.^[2]

Operator pricing

Pricing not publicly listed by operator

Supply chain position

carried by Cartosat-2A

Methods this sensor implements

Demonstrated

Multispectral optical imagingvia Cartosat-2A
[record:wmo-pan-cartosat-2a-b] Panchromatic pushbroom camera on Cartosat-2A (mission decommissioned; heritage evidence).

Capable, undemonstrated

None on record.

Topics this relates to

Disaster damage assessment Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)well suited

Snow cover Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)well suited

Cloud properties Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Coastal erosion Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Crop-type mapping Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Deforestation Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Flooding Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Illegal construction Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Land cover change Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Terrain elevation Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Urban change Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Crop phenology Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)marginal

Crop stress and yield Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)marginal

Inland water Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)marginal

Mineral exploration Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)marginal

Pasture and grazing Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)marginal

Wildfire Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)marginal

Sources

[1]CARTOSAT-2A mission page, ISROagency doc-2026-06-16
[2]PAN (CartoSat-2A/B) instrument record, WMO OSCARagency doc2017-03-282026-06-16
[3]CARTOSAT-2A launch and payload note, Press Information Bureau Indiaagency doc-2026-06-16

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PAN (Cartosat-2A). EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/cartosat-2a-pan (CC BY 4.0)

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