 "ISRO PSLV-C40 launch: Narendra Modi congratulates scientists, calls it achievement for space agency and India")
Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed ISRO scientists for the successful PSLV C-40 mission, saying the moment signifies the agency’s achievements as well the country’s “bright future” in space programme. ISRO successfully launched India’s weather observation satellite Cartosat 2 Series and 29 other spacecraft onboard its dependable Polar rocket PSLV-C40 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Further, benefits of India’s success “are available to our partners,” he added.
“Out of the 31 Satellites, 28 belonging to 6 other countries are carried by today’s launch,” he said in another tweet. Friday’s successful mission came after a rare failure in August last year when the PSLV-C39 could not release the backup navigation satellite IRNSS-1H due to a technical snag in the fourth and last stage. Click here for LIVE updates.