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Satellites launch: Sonia Gandhi congratulates ISRO scientists

| | Jun 22, 2016, at 09:35 pm
New Delhi, June 22 (IBNS): Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday congratulated scientists at ISRO afte the organization successfully launched 20 Satellites in a single flight from its flagship rocket PSLV-C34.

The INC tweeted quoting Gandhi: "Smt Sonia Gandhi has congratulated Scientists & staff of ISRO for successful launch of a record 20 satellites in one go from its PSLV C-34."

Setting a new milestone, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully launched 20 Satellites in a single flight from its flagship rocket PSLV-C34.

An ISRO press release said the vehicle  successfully launched the 727.5 kg Cartosat-2 series satellite along with 19 co-passenger satellites  from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.

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