File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (AFP Photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO scientists for the successful launch of PSLV-C28 saying it was a moment of "immense pride and joy for India".
Yesterday, ISRO successfully launched five British commercial satellites on board PSLV-C28 from the spaceport of Sriharikota in one of heaviest commercial mission ever undertaken by it.
ISRO trusted workhorse PSLV-C28 placed the five satellites in sun synchronous orbit about 20 minutes after lift-off at 9.58 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.