PM Narendra Modi has congratulated ISRO and the country's space industry for the successful launch of earth observation satellite EOS-01 and nine customer satellites onboard its Polar rocket. He said that India’s scientists overcame many constraints to meet the deadline during this pandemic.
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C49/EOS-01) blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh at 3.12 pm at the end of a 26-hour countdown.
"I congratulate @ISRO and India's space industry for the successful launch of PSLV-C49/EOS-01 Mission today. In the time of COVID-19, our scientists overcame many constraints to meet the deadline," PM Modi tweeted.
In another tweet, he mentioned that nine satellites which includes four each from the US and Luxembourg and one from Lithuania have also been launched in the mission.
