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{{Short description|Indian Earth observation satellite}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = Cartosat-2B
| names_list = CartoSat-2B
| image =
| image_caption =
| image_size = 300px

| mission_type = [[Earth observation satellite|Earth observation]]
| operator = [[National Technical Research Organisation|NTRO]]
| COSPAR_ID = 2010-035A
| SATCAT = 36795
| website = https://www.isro.gov.in/
| mission_duration = 5 years (planned)<br/>{{time interval|12 July 2010|show=ymd}} ''(in progress)''

| spacecraft = CartoSat-2B
| spacecraft_type =
| spacecraft_bus = [[IRS-2]]<ref name="gunter">{{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/cartosat-2.htm|title=Cartosat 2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F|publisher=Gunter's Space Page|date=7 July 2020 |access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref>
| manufacturer = [[Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO]]
| launch_mass = {{cvt|694|kg}} <ref name="C2B.site">{{cite web|url=http://www.isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/cartosat-2b|title=Cartosat-2B|publisher=ISRO|date=12 July 2010|access-date=14 May 2021|archive-date=12 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612205923/http://isro.gov.in/Spacecraft/cartosat-2b|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="oscar.C2B"/>
| dry_mass = {{cvt|630|kg}}
| dimensions =
| power = 930 [[watt]]s

| launch_date = 12 July 2010, 03:52 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]
| launch_rocket = [[Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle]], ([[PSLV-C15]])
| launch_site = [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]], [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre|First Launch Pad (FLP)]]
| launch_contractor = [[Indian Space Research Organisation]]

| entered_service = October 2010
| disposal_type =
| deactivated =
| last_contact =

| orbit_reference = [[Geocentric orbit]]<ref name="Heavens Above">{{cite web|url=http://heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=36795|title=CARTOSAT 2B|publisher=Heavens Above|access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref>
| orbit_regime = [[Sun-synchronous orbit]]
| orbit_periapsis = {{cvt|623|km}}
| orbit_apoapsis = {{cvt|644|km}}
| orbit_inclination = 97.92°
| orbit_period = 94.72 minutes
| apsis = gee

| instruments = Panchromatic Camera (PAN)

| programme = [[Earth observation satellite|Earth observation satellites series]]
| previous_mission = [[Oceansat-2]]
| next_mission = [[Resourcesat-2]]
}}

'''Cartosat-2B''' is an [[Earth observation satellite]] in a [[Sun-synchronous orbit]] and the fourth of the [[Cartosat]] series of satellites. The satellite is the seventeenth satellite in the [[Indian Remote Sensing Programme|Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite]] series to be built by the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] (ISRO).<ref name="ISRO">{{cite web |url=http://isro.org/satellites/cartosat-2b.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121084039/http://isro.org/satellites/cartosat-2b.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Cartosat-2B|publisher=ISRO|archive-date=21 January 2013|access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>

== Instrument ==
The satellite carries a panchromatic camera (PAN) capable of taking [[black-and-white]] pictures in the [[Visible spectrum|visible]] region of [[electromagnetic spectrum]]. The highly agile Cartosat-2B can be steered up to 26° along as well as across the direction of its movement to facilitate imaging of any area more frequently. Very-high-resolution land imagery.<ref name="oscar.C2B">{{cite web|url=https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/23|title=Satellite: CartoSat-2B|publisher=World Meteorological Organization (WMO)|access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref>

== Launch ==
It was launched along with the 116 kg [[Algeria]]n satellite [[Alsat-2A]], one [[Small satellite|nanosatellite]] each from Canada ([[AISSat-1]]) and [[Switzerland]] (TIsat-1), and [[StudSat|STUDSAT-1]], an Indian [[Small satellite|picosatellite]], on 12 July 2010, at 03:52 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]<ref name="NASA">{{cite web |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2010-035A|title=Display: Cartosat-2B 2010-035A|publisher=NASA|date=27 April 2021|access-date=13 May 2021}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> in a [[Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle]] ([[PSLV-C15]]) launch vehicle from the spaceport at [[Sriharikota]].<ref name="C15.brochure">{{cite web|url=https://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/flipping_book/PSLV-C15/files/assets/common/downloads/publication.pdf|title=PSLV-C15 / Cartosat-2B Mission Brochure|publisher=ISRO|date=2010|access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/ISRO-to-launch-more-satellites-this-year/articleshow/6158620.cms|title=ISRO to launch more satellites this year|newspaper=The Times of India|date=12 July 2010|access-date=12 July 2010|archive-date=15 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715054821/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/ISRO-to-launch-more-satellites-this-year/articleshow/6158620.cms|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Spaceflight}}
* [[List of Indian satellites]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

{{IRS satellites}}
{{Indian spacecraft}}
{{Indian space programme}}
{{Orbital launches in 2010}}

[[Category:Spacecraft launched in 2010]]
[[Category:Spacecraft launched by PSLV rockets]]
[[Category:Cartosat]]

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