PM Narendra Modi reaches Sriharikota to attend ISRO satellites' launch
The Prime Minister's special aircraft landed after a delay of 40 minutes following bad weather, after which Modi was welcomed by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka Governor K Rosaiah and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in the VIP lounge, airport sources said.
Later, Modi left for the spaceport of Sriharikota, about 100 kilometres from here, where he is set to witness the launch of ISRO's PSLV C23 carrying five foreign satellites tomorrow.
PSLV C23 is scheduled to lift off at 9.52 am on Monday with 714 kg weighing French Earth Observation Satellite SPOT-7, 14 kg AISAT of Germany, NLS7.1 (CAN-X4) & NLS7.2 (CAN-X5) of Canada each weighing 15 kg and the 7 kg VELOX-1 of Singapore.
Minutes before landing in Sriharikota, PM Narendra tweeted:
Our
Government
is
committed
to
give
further
impetus
to
our
Space
Programme
http://t.co/oSfG5btDmE
—
Narendra
Modi
(@narendramodi)
June
29,
2014
Will
be
in
Sriharikota
this
evening
&
tomorrow
morning
for
launch
of
PSLV-C23.
Will
meet
scientists
during
my
visit.
Looking
forward.
—
Narendra
Modi
(@narendramodi)
June
29,
2014
"PM Narendra Modi makes a brief stop over in Chennai en route to Sriharikota, has a courtesy meeting with Jayalalithaa:
PM
Narendra
Modi
makes
a
brief
stop
over
in
Chennai
en
route
to
Sriharikota,
has
a
courtesy
meeting
with
Jayalalithaa:
PMO
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
June
29,
2014
Chennai:
PM
Narendra
Modi
leaving
for
Sriharikota
pic.twitter.com/FWxnyTQinQ
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
June
29,
2014
Chennai:
PM
Narendra
Modi
meets
Tamil
Nadu
CM
Jayalalithaa
pic.twitter.com/nqsutugcuE
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
June
29,
2014
Chennai:
PM
Narendra
Modi
meeting
Tamil
Nadu
Governor
Konijeti
Rosaiah
pic.twitter.com/EYS4MJ6tYl
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
June
29,
2014
OneIndia News
(With PTI inputs)