ISRO to Launch Navigational Satellite on Oct 10 ISRO will launch a navigational satellite from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 1.54 am on October 10, VSSC director M C Dathan has said. Speaking at a function organised by the Thiruvananthapuram Press Club to felicitate the team of scientists from VSSC who were behind the successful Mars Mission, here on Saturday, he said the aim was to attain self-sufficiency in navigation by 2015. He said that even with the Mars mission being a success, there is the larger issue on what benefits the ordinary citizens would derive from the Rs 450-crore project. He said that majority of the ISRO missions were aimed at bringing the fruits of scientific pursuits for the benefit of people. Along with it, it has to continue conducting studies in space science. ‘’If we don’t pursue space science we will be pushed behind by other countries,’’ he said. Dathan said what India was doing now had already been done by some other countries fifty years back. He said that India would be sending Chandrayan II Mission in three years’ time. As of now, the country is depending on French satellite launch vehicles after paying hefty fees. With the completion of the new version of the GSLV, satellites weighing upto four tonnes could be launched from India. The Adithya Mission to study about Sun also will be launched in 3 years’ time.He said that the support from various governments over the years have been of great help to ISRO’s missions. Referring to the current Government, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a real inspiration. He said the future of ISRO was safe as the young generation scientists being inducted from 2002 onwards were capable of carrying forward the great legacy. He said that the private industries also has been contributing immensely to ISRO. In the coming years, even private industries in the country would be able to produce launch vehicles like in United States. Scientists who had played a pivotal role in the Mars Mission explained to mediapersons about the challenges they had to overcome in the Mars Mission. Scientists Anil Bhardwaj, S Somnath, S Ragesh, K Mohanlal, Arwamudhan also spoke. Around 25 scientists were felicitated on the occasion. Press Club president P P James presided.
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