Prime Minister Narendra Modi Congratulates ISRO For Successful Launch of PSLV-C28

Chennai: 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".
 

Successful launch of PSLV-C28 with 5 UK satellites is a moment of immense pride & joy for India. Congratulations to the @isro team.

- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 11, 2015

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.