X-Sat

<h2 id="project-objectives">Project Objectives</h2>
<ul><li>Create an affordable microsatellite bus that can conduct remote sensing operations in situations close to real-time.</li>
<li>To increase the nation's capacity (resources and infrastructure) for satellite engineering</li>
<li>To encourage academic interest in this field's R&D<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li></ul>

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<li>^ a b Suryanarayana, P. S. (20 April 2011). <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article1712789.ece">"Singapore delighted at ISRO's launch of X-Sat"</a>. <i>The Hindu</i>. Chennai, India.
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<li>^ T.S., Subramanian (19 April 2011). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110503135559/http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/20/stories/2011042055431300.htm">"PSLV-C16 launch today"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/The_Hindu/2DaFynjM">The Hindu</a></i>. Chennai, India. Archived from <a href="http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/20/stories/2011042055431300.htm">the original</a> on 3 May 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
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<li>^ <a href="https://www.ntu.edu.sg/sarc/research-capabilities/satellites/x-sat-micro-satellite">"X-SAT Micro-satellite"</a>. <i>Satellite Research Centre</i>. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
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<li>^ Krebs, Gunter Dirk. <a href="https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/x-sat.htm">"X-Sat"</a>. <i>Gunter's Space Page</i>. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
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<li>Spaceflight portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2011-015C">NSSDC ID: 2011-015C</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131120212803/http://www.sarc.eee.ntu.edu.sg/Project/Pages/XSAT.aspx">Homepage</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lintech.org/xsat2/XSat_information.html">A few photographs of the development process</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lintech.org/webpapers/TECS_Xsat.pdf">Academic paper discussing the design of the X-Sat PPU</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8097">The X-Sat PPU: designed to be the first Beowulf cluster in space</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Suryanarayana, P. S. (20 April 2011). "Singapore delighted at ISRO's launch of X-Sat". The Hindu. Chennai, India. <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article1712789.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article1712789.ece</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>T.S., Subramanian (19 April 2011). "PSLV-C16 launch today". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 3 May 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110503135559/http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/20/stories/2011042055431300.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110503135559/http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/20/stories/2011042055431300.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"X-SAT Micro-satellite". Satellite Research Centre. Retrieved 2024-01-12. <a href="https://www.ntu.edu.sg/sarc/research-capabilities/satellites/x-sat-micro-satellite" target="_blank">https://www.ntu.edu.sg/sarc/research-capabilities/satellites/x-sat-micro-satellite</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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