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Cartosat 2A is a 1,521-pound [690-kg] satellite built to snap images of Earth along with Cartosat 2, a predecessor launched in January 2007. Both craft carry cameras capable of producing images showing objects as small as about three feet [one meter], according to the Indian Space Research Organization, the operator of the satellites. The addition of Cartosat 2A will give the tandem quicker response times and provide more timely imagery to users. The information will be used mostly by civil government agencies and military forces
CARTOSAT 2B is an Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit. The satellite is the sixteenth satellite in the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite series to be built by the Indian Space Research Organisation. It was launched along with the 116 kg Algerian Satellite, one nano satellite each from Canada and Switzerland, and StudSat, a pico satellite on 12 July 2010 in a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket from the spaceport at Sriharikota.
The satellite carries a panchromatic (PAN) camera capable of taking black-and-white pictures in the visible region of electromagnetic spectrum. The highly agile CARTOSAT-2B can be steered up to 45 deg along as well as across the direction of its movement to facilitate imaging of any area more frequently
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