ISRO IN SEVENTH HEAVEN

The Goan NetworkPublished Sep 9, 2016, 12:00 AM IST

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ISRO IN SEVENTH HEAVEN — Captured by : PTI9_8_2016_000304B

- India launched its advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR onboard GSLV-F05 from Sriharikota spaceport

- This is ISRO's maiden operational flight of the rocket fitted with the indigenous cryogenic upper stage

- The satellite is designed for a mission life of ten years

- It will provide service continuity to earlier meteorological missions and further augment the capability to provide various meteorological, search and rescue services

- The payloads in INSAT-3DR are Imager, Sounder, Data-Relay Transponder and Satellite Aided Search and Rescue Transponder

- The multi-spectral 'Imager' will generate images of earth every 26 minutes and provide info on various parameters, sea surface temperature, snow cover, cloud motion winds

- It was the seventh successful mission this year including the IRNSS series and the scramjet propulsion mission

Akhilesh praises Rahul, sets off speculation of Cong-SP tie up

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Published Sep 9, 2016, 12:00 AM IST

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PTI Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday praised Rahul Gandhi terming him a “good human being” and said he can forge a friendship with the Congress leader, setting off speculation about a political realignment in the state. Rahul, who has been targeting the Centre during his ongoing 'Kisan Mahayatra' in the poll-bound state while only making veiled attacks on the SP government, had recently used similar encomium for Akhilesh. “Rahulji bahut acche…