Cartosat-2E is an ISRO Earth-observation satellite that takes high-resolution spot images of chosen places on the ground. PSLV-C38 launched it from Sriharikota on 23 June 2017.
ISRO built Cartosat-2E to provide high-resolution, scene-specific spot imagery, like the earlier satellites of its series.
Its pictures are used for mapping, urban and rural planning, coastal land-use regulation, road and water-supply networks, land-use maps and change detection.
It weighed 712 kg at launch. Cartosat-2 series satellites from Cartosat-2C onwards carry a multispectral camera alongside the panchromatic camera and fly at about 505 km.
PSLV-C38, the 40th flight of PSLV, lifted off from the First Launch Pad at Sriharikota and placed the satellite into a 505 km polar sun-synchronous orbit.
It carried 30 co-passengers: 29 nanosatellites from 14 countries, launched under commercial contracts through Antrix, and one Indian nanosatellite, NIUSAT.
The public satellite catalogue carries Cartosat-2E with an operational flag, in an orbit of about 506 × 510 km.