New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday congratulated India Space Research Organisation for succesfful launch of PSLV-C 35. The launch vehicle is carrying eight satellites, from Alegira, US, Canada and India
"Moment of immense joy & pride for India. Congratulations to @isro on successful launch of PSLV-C35/SCATSAT-1 & 7 co-passenger satellites," PM Modi said.Â
He tweeted, "Our space scientists keep scripting history. Their innovative zeal has touched the lives of 125 crore Indians & made India proud worldwide."
President Pranab Mukherjee also commened ISRO for their remarkable feat, "Hearty congratulations to ISRO on successfully launching PSLV-C35 carrying SCATSAT-1 & 7 co-passenger satellites #PresidentMukherjee."
ISRO launches PSLV’s longest flight SCATSAT-1 on Monday for ocean and weather studies. This launch is said to be ISRO’s longest mission spread over two hours and fifteen minutes.
The 320-tonne rocket carrying eight satellites blasted off from the launch pad at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
The rocket carries five foreign and three Indian satellites. Three are from Algeria namely Alsat-1B 103kg, Alsat-2B 117kg, Alsat-1N 7kg, and one each from Canada (NLS-19, 8kg) and the US (Pathfinder-44kg). The two other Indian satellites are: Pratham (10kg) and Pisat (5.25 kg).
Later, the PSLV C35 injected 7 other satellites, including 3 from Algeria and one each from US and Canada, in different orbit.
#WATCH ISRO successfully launches PSLV'S longest flight with SCATSAT-1 & other 7 satellites on board pic.twitter.com/8Kp1eazSr2
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 26, 2016
SCATSAT-1, the primary satellite, is meant for weather forecasting, cyclone detection and tracking.  It is a “continuity†mission for the Ku-band scatterometer payload carried by SCATSAT-1, which has enhanced features compared to a similar one carried by Oceansat-2 satellite in 2009, ISRO said.
The two academic satellites are PRATHAM, from IIT, Bombay, and PISAT, from BES University, Bengaluru and its consortium.
While PRATHAM’s objective is to estimate Total Electron Count, PISAT’s mission is to design and develop a nanosatellite for remote sensing applications. The foreign satellites onboard the PSLV are ALSAT-1B, ALSAT-2B and ALSAT-1N (all from Algeria) and Pathfinder-1 and NLS-19, from USA and Canada, respectively.
Moment of immense joy & pride for India. Congratulations to @isro on successful launch of PSLV-C35/SCATSAT-1 & 7 co-passenger satellites.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 26, 2016
Our space scientists keep scripting history. Their innovative zeal has touched the lives of 125 crore Indians & made India proud worldwide.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 26, 2016
Hearty congratulations to ISRO on successfully launching PSLV-C35 carrying SCATSAT-1 & 7 co-passenger satellites #PresidentMukherjee
— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) September 26, 2016
(With Inputs from PTI)
