ISRO presents Cartosat-2A images to PM
Thursday, 08 May 2008, 02:06 IST
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was Monday presented with images of the national capital taken by the recently launched satellites Cartosat-2A and IMS-1. A group of scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), led by its chairman G. Madhavan Nair, met Manmohan Singh and briefed him about the space programme, a statement of the science and technology ministry said. The statement said the prime minister was highly appreciative of the success of the PSLV-C9 mission, which placed 10 satellites into orbit. Manmohan Singh congratulated the entire team for the magnificent performance. The scientists briefed the prime minister about ISRO's upcoming missions like Chandrayaan-1. On April 28, India injected 10 satellites - two Indian and eight foreign - into space through the indigenous Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C9 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradseh.
Source: IANS
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