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- Indian Remote Sensing Satellite Oceansat-2 was launched by PSLV-C14 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota on Sept. 23, 2009. It carries three payloads: 1) Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) 2) Ku-band Pencil Beam scatterometer (OSCAT) 3) Radio Occultation Sounder for Atmosphere (ROSA) developed by the Italian Space Agency. Oceansat-2 is envisaged to provide continuity of operational services of Oceansat-1(IRS-P4) with enhanced application potential. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: IRS-O2 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: IRS (Indian Remote Sensing Satellite) Short_Name: IRS-O2 Long_Name: Oceansat-2 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: IRS-O2 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: OCM-2 Short_Name: OSCAT Short_Name: ROSA End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 720 km Orbit_Inclination: 98.28 deg Equator_Crossing: 12:00 Local time: e.g. Period: 99.31minutes Repeat_Cycle: 2 days Perigee: 720 km Apogee: 720 km Orbit_Type: LEO > LOW EARTH ORBIT > POLAR SUN-SYNCHRONOUS End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-10-05 Online_Resource: http://www.isro.gov.in/satellites/oceansat-2.aspx Sample_Image: http://www.isro.gov.in/satellites/images/irs1a_img.gif Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2009-09-23 Launch_Site: SRIHARIKOTA ISLAND, INDIA Primary_Sponsor: India End_Group End_Group
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