Jacques van Oene
May 17th 05, 10:33 AM
ISRO scientists meet Prime Minister
Presents first imageies of Cartosat-1
May 13, 2005
Chairman, ISRO, Shri G Madhavan Nair and a team of senior scientists
presented to the Prime Minister the first imageries from the recently
launched CARTOSAT-1 satellite, today (May 13, 2005) at the Parliament House,
New Delhi.
Chairman ISRO made a presentation to the PM on the PSLV C6/ CARTOSAT-1/
HAMSAT mission operations, performance of launch vehicle PSLV, Cartosat-1
and Hamsat. PM was shown the first pictures received from the satellite over
Punjab and Gujarat, with 2.5 metre resolution stereoscopic camera and the
digital terrain model processed from the satellite pictures over Gujarat.
Prime Minister while evincing keen interest in the details depicted in the
imagery, congratulated ISRO scientists for their outstanding achievement.
Minister of State Shri Prithviraj Chavan, National Security Advisor Shri MK
Narayanan and Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, Shri TKA Nair were also
present during the meeting and appreciated ISRO's efforts. The ISRO team had
Dr PS Goel, Director, ISRO Satellite Center, Dr KN Shankara, Director, Space
Applications Centre, Shri K Narayana, Director, Satish Dhawan Space Centre,
Dr RR Navalgund, Director, National Remote Sensing Agency, Shri N Narayana
Murthy, Mission Director of PSLV C6/Cartosat-1/Hamsat mission along with
their senior colleagues.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Presents first imageies of Cartosat-1
May 13, 2005
Chairman, ISRO, Shri G Madhavan Nair and a team of senior scientists
presented to the Prime Minister the first imageries from the recently
launched CARTOSAT-1 satellite, today (May 13, 2005) at the Parliament House,
New Delhi.
Chairman ISRO made a presentation to the PM on the PSLV C6/ CARTOSAT-1/
HAMSAT mission operations, performance of launch vehicle PSLV, Cartosat-1
and Hamsat. PM was shown the first pictures received from the satellite over
Punjab and Gujarat, with 2.5 metre resolution stereoscopic camera and the
digital terrain model processed from the satellite pictures over Gujarat.
Prime Minister while evincing keen interest in the details depicted in the
imagery, congratulated ISRO scientists for their outstanding achievement.
Minister of State Shri Prithviraj Chavan, National Security Advisor Shri MK
Narayanan and Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, Shri TKA Nair were also
present during the meeting and appreciated ISRO's efforts. The ISRO team had
Dr PS Goel, Director, ISRO Satellite Center, Dr KN Shankara, Director, Space
Applications Centre, Shri K Narayana, Director, Satish Dhawan Space Centre,
Dr RR Navalgund, Director, National Remote Sensing Agency, Shri N Narayana
Murthy, Mission Director of PSLV C6/Cartosat-1/Hamsat mission along with
their senior colleagues.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info