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Microsatellite
X-Sat is a
microsatellite developed and built by the
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in collaboration with
Defence Science Organisation (DSO)
Singapore .
[1] The satellite was launched by
ISRO 's
PSLV-C16 on 20 April 2011 from
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
FLP in
Sriharikota ,
India . The satellite was launched along with Indian
ResourceSat-2 and Indo-Russian
YouthSat .
[2]
Project Objectives
[3]
Create an affordable microsatellite bus that can conduct remote sensing operations in situations close to real-time.
To increase the nation's capacity (resources and infrastructure) for satellite engineering
To encourage academic interest in this field's R&D
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Cubesats are
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Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).