APJ Abdul Kalam: Unfolding Interesting Events Of His Life

SLV-III

After he was transferred to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Dr.Kalam worked as the project director for SLV-III, India’s first indigenous satellite launch vehicle.

SLV-III

Dr. Kalam was the director of the India’s first indigenous satellite project SLV III, the prime objective of the project was to put India’s “Rohini” satellite into orbit before 1980. But the first attempt was a blooper, when satellite failed to reach the orbit and fell into the Bay of Bengal in 1979. But by then Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization Professor Satish Dhawan took all the responsibility while addressing the media. Subsequently in the next year the same team led by Dr. Kalam successfully launched the satellite into the orbit, but Prof. Dhawan let Dr. Kalam address the media bay saying  “you conduct the press conference today.”

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