YouthSat is a Russian-Indian scientific-educational
artificial satellite
A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioisoto ...
developed on the basis of an agreement between the
Russian Federal Space Agency
The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" (russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (russian: Роскосмос) ...
and the
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is built using ISRO's
Indian Mini Satellite-1 bus. YouthSat and
Resourcesat-2 were launched on 20 April 2011 from Sriharikota, India.
Objectives
* Investigation of the composition of the upper surface of the earth.
* Experimentation regarding the energy of the earth's crust.
* To understand the dynamics of the earth surface.
Launch
The satellite was launched on April 20, 2011, by
PSLV
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites ...
-C16. It was injected in its target orbit along with
X-Sat (Singapore), 40 seconds after injecting
Resourcesat-2.
References
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NSSDC ID: 2011-015B
{{Orbital launches in 2011
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Spacecraft launched in 2011
Student satellites