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Prez, VP congratulate ISRO on PSLV's successful launch of ASTROSAT

| | Sep 29, 2015, at 03:23 am
#Pranab Mukherjee # Hamid Ansari # ISRO # PSLV # ASTROSAT
New Delhi, Sept 28 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on PSLV's successful launch of ASTROSAT.
In his message to A.S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman of ISRO, the President has said, “I extend my hearty congratulations and best wishes to you and your entire team at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on the successful launch of PSLV-C30 carrying ASTROSAT, India’s first dedicated space observatory."
 
"With the successful launch of Astrosat, our nation has become the fourth country in the world to have launched a space observatory, which will be useful in the improved study of celestial objects and the universe. The nation is proud of this impressive achievement, which has demonstrated, yet again, India’s increasing space capabilities." 
 
"Kindly convey my greetings to all members of your team and all others involved in this great mission. I wish all your future endeavours great success,” Mukherjee said.
 
Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari has also congratulated the ISRO.
 
In his message, Ansari said: “I learnt with great happiness that Indian Space Research Organization’s PSLV C-30 rocket today successfully placed in orbit – AstroSat, India’s first dedicated astronomy satellite as well as Canada's NLS-14 nanosatellite, Indonesia's LAPAN-A2 microsatellite and four identical LEMUR nano satellites for the United States. The scientific payloads abroad AstroSat will help the scientific community in improving our understanding of the universe."
 
"I congratulate all the members of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) team for this accomplishment. This is another successful chapter in the saga achievements of our scientists, engineers and technologists. They have again shown the strength of India’s scientific capacity and have done the nation proud. I wish ISRO success to in all their future endeavors,” he said.
 

 

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