"As Modi is also
in-charge of the space department, he has expressed keen interest to
witness the historic event when the spacecraft enters the Martian orbit
in its maiden attempt," a senior space official told.
After an overnight
stay at Raj Bhavan in the city, Modi will drive to the mission control
centre in the telemetry, tracking and command network (Istrac) of the
state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the northern
suburb to view the crucial operation when the Orbiter will enter the
Martian orbit from the sun's orbit.
"Though the orbit
insertion exercise begins at 4:17 am., the Prime Minister will be at the
mission control centre from 6:45 am to watch the crucial operation when
the spacecraft main engine will be fired at 7:17 am to carry it through
the region to enter the Martian orbit by 7:53 am," the official said.
As command signals
to the spacecraft and signals from it to the mission control centre take
12.5 minutes each way, confirmation about its insertion into the orbit
will be known by 8:15 am. ISRO chairman K. Radhakrishanan and senior
scientists in-charge of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) will brief the
prime minister about the operations.
Incidentally, a
month after he assumed office in May, Modi visited the country's only
spaceport June 30 at Sriharikota off the Bay of Bengal and about 80 km
northeast of Chennai to witness the rocket launch of five foreign
satellites by the space agency's commercial arm Antrix Corporation.
With Modi visiting
Karnataka for the first time after becoming the prime minister in May,
his party (BJP) is according a grand welcome at the HAL airport in the
eastern suburb."Our party leaders and thousands of workers want to
felicitate Modi on his maiden visit to the state after becoming PM and
for bringing the party to power with majority," a BJP spokesman told.
Governor Vajubhai
Rudabhai Vala, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Mayor S Shantakumari will
receive Modi at the military airport. Before leaving for Raj Bhavan,
Modi will address the party's state unit leaders and about 10,000
workers at the airport.
Before flying back
to New Delhi Wednesday afternoon, Modi will inaugurate a mega integrated
food park at Koravahalli near Tumkur, about 70km from here, and address
the gathering, which will include about 5,000 farmers and 10,000 BJP
workers.
Source: MP News in Hindi and Chhattisgarh News in Hindi
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