ResourceSat-2, X-Sat & YouthSat

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

04:42:00

Wednesday April 20, 2011

Mission Details

YouthSat

Wiki

YouthSat is a Russian-Indian scientific-educational artificial satellite developed on the basis of an agreement between the Russian Federal Space Agency and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

92 kilograms

X-Sat

Wiki

X-Sat is a microsatellite developed and built by the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in collaboration with Defence Science Organisation (DSO) Singapore.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

106 kilograms

ResourceSat-2

Wiki

Resourcesat-2 is a follow-on mission to Resourcesat-1 and the eighteenth Indian Remote Sensing satellite built by ISRO.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

1,206 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
PSLV-G

Active 1993 to 2016

Indian Space Research Organisation logo

Agency

ISRO

Price

$25.00 million

Rocket

Height: 44.5m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 3,250 kg

GTO: 1,410 kg

Liftoff Thrust

6,887 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3.2m

Height: 8.3m

Stages

4

Strap-ons

6

Launch Site

First Launch Pad

Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

Fastest Turnaround

25 days 5 hours

Stats

PSLV


18th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2011

Indian Space Research Organisation


33rd

Mission

1st

Mission of 2011

2011


16th

Orbital launch attempt