SRIHARIKOTA (AP): President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for the successful launch of IRNSS-1E, the country’s fifth navigation satellite.
“Heartiest congratulations to ISRO team on successful launch of navigation satellite IRNSS-1E #PresidentMukherjee,” the President tweeted.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he spoke to scientists and congratulated them on the successful launch.
“Spoke to the scientists at @isro & congratulated them on their accomplishment today. Our scientists keep making us proud”, he said.
“Congratulating the dynamism & determination of @isro & our scientists on successful launch of PSLV-C31 & putting IRNSS 1E in orbit,” the Prime Minister tweeted.
India successfully launched its fifth navigation satellite IRNSS-1E on-board the workhorse PSLV-C31 from Sriharikota, taking another step to be on par with US based Global Positioning System (GPS). -PTI