India is launching a dedicated satellite for youth next year carrying scientific instruments developed by students from Indian and foreign universities.The mini-spacecraft will be launched in 2009 as a piggyback on board a polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV), carrying a remote sensing satellite, from the Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota.
The various instruments, developed by graduate and postgraduate students of universities from India, Russia and other countries, will study and share data on earth imaging, atmospheric applications, solar emission and galactic observations.The spacecraft is less that 100 kg and is developed in satellite development centre in banglore.
The Indian space agency plans to christen the mini-satellite as YouthSat.
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