India's ambitious South Asian satellite, proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the benefit of SAARC members, will be launched in March next year, ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar said. Its launch first decided in the month of December this year but delayed due to some major reasons. "SAARC satellite will be launched in March," he told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
In November 2014, SAARC summit held in Nepal. In this summit, Mr. prime minister had announced the launching of an SAARC satellite. This satellite is basically launching for the benefit of members of the regional grouping in various fields, including telecommunication and telemedicine.
It named as South Asian satellite because Pakistan is out from the project of this satellite. India had held deliberations with experts from other SAARC countries to finalise modalities for the satellite exclusively for the regional grouping. On GSLV Mark III likely to be launched in December, the ISRO Chairman said preparations were on in "full swing". "We have started the assembly for the launch in Sriharikota. So we are working towards making it happen as early as possible and are targeting for launch by December end."
Launching of this satellite is important and critical at the same time because the rocket of this project is more than four tonnes in weight. He said. "We need to do more work means we need to have more hands” When the question of manpower and infrastructure facility is asked. On the third launch pad, the ISRO chief said: “it was necessary to make sure that the existing facility was being fully utilised.” Director Dr K Sivan of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre was also present in the event.
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