Cartosat-2
Names | IRS-P7 CartoSat-2AT | ||||
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Mission type | ISRO | ||||
COSPAR ID | 2007-001B | ||||
SATCAT no. | 29710 | ||||
Website | https://www.isro.gov.in/ | ||||
Mission duration | 5 years (planned) 12 years (achieved) | ||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||
Spacecraft | IRS-P7 | ||||
Indian Space Research Organisation | |||||
Launch mass | 680 kg (1,500 lb) [2] | ||||
Power | 900 watts[3][4] | ||||
Start of mission | |||||
Launch date | 10 January 2007, 03:57:00 Indian Space Research Organisation | ||||
Entered service | 2007 | ||||
End of mission | |||||
Deactivated | 2019 | ||||
Decay date | 14 Feb 2024 | ||||
Orbital parameters | |||||
Reference system | Geocentric orbit | ||||
Regime | Sun-synchronous orbit[5] | ||||
Perigee altitude | 621 km (386 mi) | ||||
Apogee altitude | 641 km (398 mi) | ||||
Inclination | 97.9° | ||||
Period | 97.3 minutes | ||||
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Cartosat-2 was an
Satellite description
Cartosat-2 carried a state-of-the-art
Cartosat-2's
End of life
After 12 years of service in a circular orbit of almost 630 km altitude Cartosat-2 would have taken about 30 years to de-orbit naturally. With 25 kg of propellant remaining it was decided by ISRO's Directorate for Space Situational Awareness and Management (DSSAM) to decommission the spacecraft and lower the perigee using left-over propellant so that it meets United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)'s space debris mitigation guidelines. Between 6 March to 3 September 2020, perigee was lowered incrementally by performing 26 perigee reduction burns putting the spacecraft in 630 × 390 km orbit. This was ISRO's first low Earth orbit satellite to be decommissioned in this manner. Orbit of Cartosat-2 is expected to decay naturally within 10 years.[9][10]
The satellite re-entered Earth's atmosphere and was subsequently destroyed on 14 February 2024 at 10:18 UTC over the southern Indian Ocean.[11][12]
See also
References
- ^ Krebs, Gunter. "Cartosat 2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ a b c "PSLV C7/Cartosat-2/SRE Mission Brochure" (PDF). ISRO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Cartosat-2". ISRO. 10 January 2007. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Satellite: CartoSat-2". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Trajectory: Cartosat-2 2007-001B". NASA. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Cartosat-2: Optical Satellite". pasco.co.jp. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Instrument: OSA". World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ Venkat, Archana (11 January 2007). "PSLV launch successful". The Hindu. Business Line. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ "Post Mission Disposal of Cartosat-2: Compliance with IADC Guidelines". space-debris-conference.sdo.esoc.esa.int. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
After providing uninterrupted payload services for 12 years, it was decided to decommission the satellite in late 2019 following on-board subsystem degradation. At an orbit of 630 km altitude, the lifetime of Cartosat-2 was estimated to be more than 30 years. The satellite also had about 26 kg left-over propellant. Although the satellite was not specifically designed for end-of-life de-orbiting, it was proposed by ISRO's Directorate for Space Situational Awareness and Management (DSSAM) to lower the perigee of the satellite, so as to limit its post mission orbital life time in compliance with the 25-year guideline of IADC for post mission disposal of LEO objects, and at the same time, deplete the left-over fuel to mitigate any accidental break-up risk. The de-orbiting operations were planned and executed by the operational team at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in close coordination with mission and subsystem designers from various ISRO centres. Starting with the first perigee-lowering manoeuvre on 6 March 2020, 26 perigee reduction burns were conducted till 3 September 2020 to progressively lower the perigee below 400 km.
- ^ "Post Mission Disposal of Cartosat-2: Compliance with IADC Guidelines" (PDF). April 2021.
- ^ "Atmospheric Re-entry of Cartosat-2". ISRO. 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Orbital height profile of CARTOSAT 2". heavens-above.com. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
External links
- Cartosat-2 website Archived 30 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine