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PSLV- C 51 Launch: AP CM YS Jagan Congratulates ISRO Scientists Feb 28, 2021, 12:13 IST
SRIHARIKOTA: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has congratulated ISRO scientists for the successful launch of PSLV- C 51 on Sunday. He wished the ISRO team success in all its future endeavours.
India s Polar rocket PSLV C-51 carrying Amazonia-1 of Brazil and 18 other satellites blasted off from this spaceport on Sunday, in the first mission of the year for ISRO.
As per reports from ISRO twitter handle at the end of a nearly -26hour countdown, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C51 lifted off from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR), at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, at around 10.24 am.
Isro Chairman K Sivan gets one-year extension till January 2022
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Last Updated: Dec 30, 2020, 09:58 PM IST
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K Sivan has led Isro’s efforts to allow private firms and startups to build rockets and satellites and operate them for customers.
K Sivan, chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro).
The government has extended by a year the tenure of K Sivan as chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), a move that’ll ensure continuity in opening up the space sector to private players and startups.
The appointments committee of the union cabinet approved the extension to January 2022, according to a note released on Wednesday.