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April 18th, 2011
All Set for PSLV-C16 Launch on Wednesday

The stage has been set for the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C16) from the first launch pad at Sriharikota on April 20 at 10.12 a.m. The PSLV-C16 will put in orbit three satellites — India’s Resourcesat-2, an Indo-Russian satellite called Youthsat and a micro-satellite named X-Sat from the Nangyang Technological University of Singapore. The Launch Authorisation Board (LAB), which met at Sriharikota on Saturday, cleared the rocket’s lift-off. Read More