Proud to be an Indian

I had just finished watching last night's replay of FIFA finals.Surfing for some news I stopped when I saw the Live launch proceedings of ISRO at Shriharikota.I was fascinated and caught unawares.I soon got hooked on to the TV set and for the next hour or so got mesmerized.......

When all was over and the mission completed....I came out of a trance...I was beaming with a grin from ear to ear. It was then that I came to know how well we had succeeded and of how talented our own scientists were. We are so ready to blame on the government when their is a mishap or tragedy....But when there is a success do we give them praise with a simple pat on their backs?

I commend the efforts of all those who have proudly put INDIA on the world map and made us a power to reckon with in Space operations...no wonder there are so many of us Indian in NASA..

Here is what is on the net.......

"India's space aspirations received a major boost on this morning when India's indigenously built PSLV rocket successfully placed 5 satellites into orbit. The rocket took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Shriharikota at 9:22 am IST on July 12.

The PSLV C15 carried five satellites, which also included a remote sensing satellite, the Cartosat 2B and one pico satellite called the STUDSAT made by engineering college students of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The other satellites were Alsat from Algeria, two nano satellites from Canada and Switzerland. This launch comes barely three months after the failure of the GSLV D3, which failed to complete its mission and crashed into the Bay of Bengal.

The Cartosat 2B happens to be the latest remote sensing satellite to be launched by India. It joins its siblings the Cartosat-2 and 2A, both of which are currently in service. Alsat from Algeria, too is a remote sensing satellite and tips the scales at 116 kg. The other nano satellites are quite lightweight weighing just six kilos. The satellite designed by the engineering students is even smaller and weighs just a kilo.

Since its first launch in 1994, the PSLV has so far placed 17 Indian and 22 foreign satellites into orbit - making it one of the most successful launch vehicles ever - worldwide."

Please join me in commending the wonderful job done by our fellow citizens of INDIA at ISRO.