Equipped with X-band radar imagers, RISAT-2B monitors the Earth day and night, in any weather conditions.

RISAT uses a technique called Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to build images of the Earth below it.

While ISRO states the satellites applications as supporting agriculture, forestry and disaster management, their primary purpose is military surveillance.

[2] RISAT-2B's main sensor is an indigenously developed synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite operating in X-band with 3.6 m radial rib antenna.

The satellite is utilized for high resolution spot imaging of locations of interest and it has a mass of 615 kg (1,356 lb).