President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday congratulated Indian space agency ISRO for the successful launch of PSLV-C27 and said that it showed India's increasing space capabilities.
In his message to Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar, the president said: "My heartiest congratulations to you and your entire team for the successful launch of PSLV-C27, carrying the IRNSS-1D."
"The nation is proud of this achievement which has demonstrated, yet again, India's increasing space capabilities. I am very happy to know that this is the fourth in the series of seven satellites of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System."
"I understand the IRNSS-1D will provide navigation, tracking and mapping services which will take us closer to setting up our own navigation system," said Mukherjee.
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