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RE: YouthSat satellite

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PSLV-C16/ RESOURCESAT-2 Launch on April 20, 2011

Preparations for the launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C16) carrying RESOURCESAT-2 satellite are progressing well at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. In this mission, PSLV-C16 will launch RESOURCESAT-2, YOUTHSAT and X-SAT satellites.
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In a bid to inculcate interest in space-related activities among the younger generation, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will soon launch a micro satellite named 'YOUTHSAT'. The project is jointly being developed in collaboration with M.V. Lomonosov Moscow state university, Russia. YouthSat was initially proposed by Dr. ABJ Kalam during his visit to Russia during 2005. It is the second satellite in the micro satellite series being launched by ISRO.
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ISRO plans to launch another important micro satellite 'YOUTHSAT' next year with participation of youth from universities in India and abroad, ISRO Chairman, G Madhavan Nair said here today.

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The launch of Indo-Russian micro-satellite YouthSat originally scheduled for the first quarter of this year has been postponed to 2008-end; purportedly at the request of Indian Space Research Organisation.
This was disclosed to a visiting group of Indian journalists by Mikhail I. Panasyuk, Director of the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) at Moscow State University (MSU) which is collaborating with ISRO on this joint venture to study solar flare activity and its effect on space weather.

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