IRS P7

Also called Oceansat 2

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General

Designation	35931 / 09051A
Launch date	23 Sep 2009
Country of origin	India
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	728 km sun-synchronous
Inclination	98.3°
Period	99.3 min (2-day revisit)
Launch vehicle	PSLV #16

Oceansat-2, with a payload mix of microwave, thermal and optical sensors, would provide greater insight into global understanding of ocean dynamics/resources.

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Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	ISRO
Platform
Mass at launch	970 kg
Dry mass
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

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Payload

OCM: Ocean Colour Monitor has 8 bands and produces images with a swath (strip of land or ocean) of 1420 km width with a resolution of 360 m and works in the Visible and Near Infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum.

The Ku-band Scatterometer, with a 1 m diameter antenna rotating at 20 rpm, works at a frequency of 13.515 GHz. The Scatterometer covers a swath of 1400 km and operates continuously. It measures sea surface-level winds.

ROSA is a GPS Receiver for atmospheric sounding by radio occultation built by the Italian Space Agency (ASI).

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