With India becoming the fourth nation to land on the Moon and the first to make a soft landing on the south pole of the lunar surface, he said, it was not a 'small accomplishment'
Somanath recently gave an address at IIT Bombay, the country's premier engineering institute. During this address, he said he hopes there will be more IITians joining the space agency.
Following the insertion, the satellite, which was launched from Sriharikota on September 2, is expected to stay in the strategic location, L1 or the Lagrange Point 1 for the next five years.
A futuristic fuel cell-based power system was successfully tested by India's national space agency. As per ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), this new power system could help build a proposed space station while holding prospects of wider human applications.