NEW DELHI: Terming the successful launch of GSLV-F04 as "spectacular", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said this has proved the country's capabilities to build state-of-the-art communication satellites.

"The nation is justly proud of the scientific and technological capabilities of our space scientists," he said in a message to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). With this launch, "we have reaffirmed our capabilities to not only build state-of-the-art communication satellites, but also to launch them using an indigenously designed and developed launch vehicle," the Prime Minister's media adviser Sanjaya Baru quoted him as saying.

Observing that the "spectacular" launch of GSLV-F04 has been witnessed by the whole nation, Singh said he was happy that ISRO has been able to overcome the problem faced in its last mission within the shortest possible time.

"I congratulate all the scientists and technicians associated with the launch and wish them even greater successes in the future," the Prime Minister said.