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Indian Space Research Organisation
Bangalore, India

February 6, 2003

ISRO Satellite Named After Dr Kalpana Chawla 

The Prime Minister of India, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, annouced during 
the condolence meeting held for Dr Kalpana Chawla at Parliament 
Annexe, New Delhi, yesterday (February 5, 2003) that India's 
meteorological series of satellites, METSAT, will be named as KALPANA.

The first of the series, METSAT-1, launched by India's PSLV on 
September 12, 2002 by India's PSLV, will be now known as KALPANA-1.

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