New Delhi:President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated ISRO on the successful launch of its heaviest rocket, GSLV-Mark III(CARE).
In a message to K. Radhakrishnan, chairman, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Mukherjee said: “Please accept my heartiest congratulations to your team and you at the Indian Space Research Organiza-tion for the successful launch of India’s latest generation rocket-Geosyn-chronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mark III), carrying the ‘Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment (CARE)’.”
He said the launch of GSLV-Mark III is an “impor-tant landmark in our space programme and demon-strates, yet again, India’s growing capabilities in space launch technology”.
“Kindly convey my greetings to the members of your team of scientists, engineers, technologists and all others involved in this mission. I wish your future endeavours con-tinued success,” he added.
Congratulating the scientists, Modi in a statement said: “Successful launch of GSLV Mk-III is yet another triumph of brilliance and hardwork of our scientists. Congrats to them for the efforts.”
India successfully test fired the 630-tonne Geosyn-chronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III, its heaviest next generation rocket and the crew module from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh Thursday.(IANS)
