Modi asks ISRO to develop a SAARCsatellite

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Proposing satellite diplomacy with a view to
playing a key role in the development of the
region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today
(June 30) asked Indian space agency ISRO to
develop a SAARC satellite which can be
dedicated as a 'gift' to the neighbours.
"Today I ask you, the space community, to
take up the challenge of developing a SAARC
satellite that we can dedicate to our
neighbourhood as a gift from India," he said in
his address after witnessing the successful
launch of five foreign satellites from here on
board ISRO's PSLV C-23 rocket.
He asked the scientists to work on a satellite
that would provide full range of applications
and services to all of India's neighbours.
"Such a satellite will be helpful in SAARC
nations' fight against poverty and illiteracy, the
challenge to progress in scientific field, and
will open up avenues to provide opportunities
to the youth of SAARC countries," he said from
ISRO's Mission Control Room.
The 'dream' for such a satellite will be useful
for the development of all SAARC nations with
India playing a key role in that, Modi reasoned
in a speech laced with anecdotes and delivered
in a mix of English and Hindi

 

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