Cartosat-2A. Photo Credit: ISRO

February 04, 2010, (Sawf News) - ISRO's Cartosat-2B, to be launched in March or April, will feature a 0.8m resolution.

The satellite will be orbitted using a PSLV along with Alsat, a small satellite from Algeria; two nano-satellites from the University of Toronto, and another nano-satellite, Studsat (Students' satellite), built by several Indian universities.

Cartosat satellites are mainly used to plan development activities in rural and urban areas of the country.

Cartosat-2B, will augment the coverage provided by Cartosat-2, launched in January 2007, and Cartosat-2A, launched in April 2008.

Speaking to the press on February 4, ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan said:

"The advantage is when you have three satellites, you get more coverage in a day from different locations. So, this will be of use for infrastructure and urban planning because an object of 0.8 meters by 0.8 meters, say a car which is going on a road, that level you can identify.

"When you want infrastructure planning for a city, you need pictures of that resolution. That's what it (Cartosat) is going to give," the Isro chairman added.

The launch date of the satellite is expected to be finalized during a mission readiness review (MRR) meeting on February 10.

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