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`India making strides in satellite development'

By Our Staff Correspondent

HASSAN, OCT. 9. V.R. Katti, Programme Director, GEOSAT, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Satellite Centre, Bangalore, has said that India has drawn the attention of the other countries in the world, which are involved in space research technologies, through its strides in the development of communication satellites.

Delivering his lecture on "India's strides in the development of communication satellites" in "World Space Week-2004," organised by the Master Control Facility (MCF), ISRO, here on Thursday, he said that the competition between the erstwhile Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and United States of America in 1960 was the reason behind the development of space technology across the world.

The Government was gaining an annual income of Rs. 700 crores to Rs. 800 crores from ISRO's 135 satellites, which were functioning in the geo orbit, Mr. Katti said. The country had the capacity to compete with developed countries, he added.

The Director, Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad, K.N. Shankar, spoke on the "Application of Indian satellites for national development." He said that the country had achieved success in launching communication satellites and nearly 18,000 technicians worked very hard to accomplish that.

Speaking on the occasion, the Director of MCF, M.Y.S. Prasad, said that the MCF had been organising "World Space Week" every year to inform the people about ISRO's activities. Former MP, H.K. Javare Gowda, also participated in the programme.

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