Spectacular achievement

Kudos to scientists associated with this mission and for putting in the hard labour, knowledge, technalities and scientific excellence for the successful launch of the nation’s latest communication satellite GSAT- 12 on board a powerful variant of homegrown Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV- C-17 from the spaceport in Sriharikota on Friday.GSAT-12, is aimed at augmenting the capacity in the INSAT system for various communication services like tele-education, tele-medicine and Village Resource Centres, would be co-located with INSAT-2E and INSAT-4A satellites. To increase the capacity of various communication services, especially, at village level is its landmark achievement and it will prove to be a milestone in the all-round development of the nation. This was the second time in its 19 flights that the PSLV has been used for launching a communication satellite after Kalpana-1 in 2002. This is one of the most important scietific achievements for the development of the entire nation, especially the rural belt where still, there is great difficulty in availing the smooth communication facilty easily. The successful launching of GSAT-12 will bring about revolution in the world of communication and rural and urban areas will be put on the same map. The Indian space scientists have shown to the world umpteen times that India does not lag behind even the most developed western countries in the field of science and technology. ISRO has played a pivotal role in the successful launch of GSAT-12. The entire nation is proud of the scientists’ spectacular achieve and thankful to them. This is India's latest communication satellite and many more still to be achieved. The Government of India is also required to be attentive to the needs of scientists. They must be provided facilities similar to international standard in the laborataries where they do their research work very strenuously and stupendously.