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Former Principal Scientific Advisor to PM and Ex-ISRO chairman to probe PSLV rocket failure

By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Feb 19 (UNI) A two-member committee has been formed by the Indian government to probe the recent failure of the rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) that carried the country’s strategic satellite, it is reliably learnt.
The committee comprises K Vijayraghavan, former Principal Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister, as Chairman, and former Secretary of the Department of Space and former ISRO Chairman Dr. S. Somanath as Co-Chairman.
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