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DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019 (PAGE 5) Indian, China Armies meet India launches earth watching Excelsior Correspondent "Both sides reiterated the mutual desire of maintaining SRINAGAR, May 22: peace and tranquility and Indian and Chinese Armies held improving relations at the func- satellite, can penetrate clouds a border personnel meeting in tional level at the border areas," eastern Ladakh sector of Jammu Kalia said. "The meeting was SRIHARIKOTA((AP), May 22: which began Tuesday concluded, low cost Inertial Navigation On future launches, Sivan and Kashmir, a Defence marked by saluting the national ISRO's trusted workhorse, the System. said, "The next mission -- spokesperson said today. flags by members of the delega- India today successfully put Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle The two payloads -- Vikram Chandrayaan-2 -- is going to be a The Indian delegation was tion, followed by exchange of into orbit an earth observation (PSLV-C46) blasted off at 5.30 processor and low-cost MEMS- landmark mission for India. It is led by Major General Arvind greetings." Governor Satya Pal Malik meeting delegation of Bakerwal satellite that can see through am from the first launch pad of based Inertial Navigation System going to be the most complex Kapoor from the Fire and Fury The delegations interacted in community. thick clouds and enhance the the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (INS) -- were developed by Semi- mission ever undertaken by country's surveillance capabili- here on its 48th mission, carrying Conductor Laboratory (SCL), ISRO. It is going to take place Chandigarh and ISRO Inertial between July 9 and July 16 this Lt Gen Singh, delegation of Bakerwal Systems Unit, year." Thiruvananthapuram respective- He added that the landing on community call on Governor ly, he said. the moon is expected to be on Excelsior Correspondent about many hardships being "It is going to revolutionise September 6. "It is going to land faced by the Bakerwal commu- our future launch vehicle mis- at a particular location where SRINAGAR, May 22: Lt nity particularly those belong- sions" he said. nobody has gone before." Gen Ranbir Singh, Army ing to Kalakote in Rajouri dis- Sivan said the RISAT-2B is an After Chandrayaan-2, Sivan Commander, Northern trict as they are not being advanced earth observation satel- said, "ISRO would look at Command, met Governor allowed to move to upper lite. "In this satellite, another very launching the very high resolu- Satya Pal Malik at the Raj reaches of Dachigam along complex new technology has tion CARTOSAT 3 satellite." Bhavan here today. with their flocks of sheep and flown. That is a 3.6 metre "A second demonstration of Lt Gen. Singh briefed the goats as part of their seasonal unfurlable radial rib antenna. This the reusable launch vehicle is Governor about the overall migration. He requested that is also going to be the technology going to happen in the coming security situation along the IB, other traditional routes which of the future," he added. months. Cost effective small India and China military officials on LAC in Eastern Ladakh LAC, LoC and hinterland and have been closed for some rea- Hours after the Wednesday satellite launch vehicle develop- sector on Wednesday. the anti terrorist operations sons be opened for allowing launch, the ISRO said the teleme- ments are also going to take place Corps, while the Chinese dele- a free, congenial and cordial being conducted by the Army. their seasonal migration or try tracking and command net- in a few months from now," he gation was led by Senior environment, the spokesperson The Governor and the some alternatives be provided. A radar imaging earth observation satellite successfully lifts- work in Bengaluru has assumed added. Colonel Gan Wei Han, said said, adding that they parted Army Commander also dis- Besides bringing into off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota on control of the satellite. The PSLV-C46 was the 14th Colonel Rajesh Kalia. amidst a feeling of friendship cussed the security arrange- Governor's notice many issues Wednesday. (UNI) "After separation, solar arrays flight of the PSLV in its core- The border personnel meet and commitment towards ments in place for Shri relating to upliftment of the ties in military and civilian sec- the 615 kg satellite. alone configuration sans the use was conducted at the Daulat Beg enhancing the cordial relations Amarnath Yatra. Scheduled Tribe population, tors to keep an eye also on terror The satellite, which is meant of the solid strap-on motors. Meanwhile, a delegation of Kohli also requested him for Oldi meeting point on Tuesday, and maintaining peace along the camps across the border in for application in fields such as It was the 72nd launch vehi- Bakerwal community led by considering political reserva- the spokesperson said. border areas. Pakistan. surveillance, agriculture, forestry cle mission from Sriharikota and Er. Abdul Gani Kohli, former tions and reservation in promo- Dubbed as a 'spy' satellite, and disaster management sup- also marked the 36th launch from Minister, met Governor. tion to the Scheduled Tribe RISAT-2B (Radar Imaging port, was successfully released the first launch pad. Kohli apprised Governor population of the State. Satellite-2B) will replace its into its orbit at about 15 minutes Today's launch of the PSLV predecessor RISAT-2 which has and 30 seconds after the lift-off. also marked the third launch in been actively used by India to Commenting on the launch 2019. Grand religious function at Chand monitor activities in terror camps from the Mission Control Centre, The other two were the across the border in Pakistan to ISRO Chairman K Sivan said the PSLV-C45/EMISAT mission, Nagar Gurudwara on May 25 thwart infiltration bids by terror- PSLV-C46 successfully injected which successfully injected the ists. RISAT was successfully RISAT-2B precisely in the desig- EMISAT and 29 international Excelsior Correspondent start at 9 am in the morning on launched in 2009. nated orbit of 555 km, with an customer satellites into their May 25, 2019 and will con- The RISAT-2B is equipped inclination of 37 degrees. orbits on April 1, and the PSLV- JAMMU, May 22: A grand clude at around 1 am midnight. with a synthetic aperture radar "This particular mission for C44, which successfully placed Officials of LIC of India and IDBI Bank during conference. religious function is being The final results of "Kaun that can take pictures of the earth PSLV is a very, very important of RISAT-2B were deployed the Microsat-R and the organized to commemorate Banega Gurusikh Pyara during day and night, and also mission. With this launch, PSLV automatically and ISRO Kalamsat-V2 satellites in desig- LIC's 59th All India Senior Divisional 550th birth anniversary of Shri Contest" will also be under cloudy conditions, said an lofts 50 tonnes to space by Telemetry Tracking and nated orbits on January 24. Guru Nanak Dev Ji at announced. He appealed the official of the Indian Space launching 354 satellites, includ- Command Network (ISTRAC) at ISRO had launched RISAT-1, Gurudwara Shri Nanak Dev Ji, Sikh community members to Research Organisation(ISRO). ing national, student and foreign Bengaluru assumed control of the a microwave remote sensing Managers’ Conference held Chand Nagar, Lower Gumat in participate in this grand event in With a mission life of five satellites," Sivan said. satellite," an ISRO statement said. satellite, on April 26, 2012 from Excelsior Correspondent The top achievers of 2018- Jammu on May 25. large number. years, the satellite will also be The ISRO chairman said the "In the coming days, the satel- Sriharikota. (PTI) 2019 were felicitated during the Talking to media-persons SGPB chairman, further dis- used for military surveillance, the PSLV-C46 carried two important lite will be brought to its final JAMMU, May 22: LIC of conference. Panel discussions, here today, Chairman State closed that 53 toppers among official said. piggyback payloads, an indige- operational configuration," it PHE employees India's 59th All India Sr. brainstorming on corporate As the 25-hour countdown nously developed processor and a added. Divisional Managers' strategies for the objectives of demand salaries Conference was held, wherein the current financial year and before Eid annual corporate strategies were planning of activities towards CU announces scholarships deliberated upon. execution of the same, formed Excelsior Correspondent The conference was inaugu- the Agenda for the Conference. rated with address by Chairman Rakesh Sharma, MD & CEO SRINAGAR, May 22: The and Managing Directors of LIC IDBI Bank was invited as the for wards of J&K teachers contractual PHE employees today of India. Divisional Heads rep- guest speaker at the conference staged massive protest against the Excelsior Correspondent more than 1900 students from MNCs like Microsoft, IBM, resenting 113 Divisions all today. He shared his vision on administration for not releasing across the country participated the bank's association with LIC different parts of J&K, including Google, Amazon, Wipro, their hard earned salary for more JAMMU, May 22: The Vice- 1200 from Jammu region, who Cognizant, Bank of America and in the conference. Zonal heads of India and the synergies that Chancellor of Chandigarh are studying at Chandigarh others during campus placements. * Watch video on from eight different Zones as can happen between LIC offices University today announced aca- University. "There are more than 60 stu- www.excelsiornews.com well as all operational heads in and IDBI Bank outlets. IDBI demic scholarships worth Rs 10 "The University has a region- dents from the region who have the rank of Executive Directors Bank has tied up with LIC of than 20 months. The protesting from Corporate Office partici- India as Corporate Agent on crores , which will be offered al office cum counseling center in been selected by multiple compa- employees demanded that their through an All India Scholarship Jammu and more than 3000 stu- nies during campus placements.
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