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CARTOSAT-2B
High-Resolution Cartographic Imaging · ISRO
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The third Cartosat-2 series satellite maintains India's uninterrupted sub-meter mapping capability. India's Cartosat program has produced the most comprehensive high-resolution map dataset assembled by a developing nation — used for defense, urban planning, agricultural policy, and disaster management across a country of 1.4 billion people.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 392–401 mi (631–645 km)
- Inclination
- 98.0°
- One orbit
- 97.3 minutes14.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 36795
- Int’l designator
- 2010-035A
- Launched
- 2010
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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