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RESOURCESAT-2A
Land Resource Monitoring · ISRO
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LiveIt moves every second. See exactly where it is — worked out from its orbit, on your own device — on the live 3D globe.
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India's continuation of uninterrupted land monitoring feeds the national agricultural crop mapping system — estimating crop acreage across India before harvest to guide food security policy. Satellite imagery directly influencing the food trade decisions of the world's most populous nation.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 511–513 mi (822–826 km)
- Inclination
- 98.7°
- One orbit
- 101.2 minutes14.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41877
- Int’l designator
- 2016-074A
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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