The Proba-3 (Project for Onboard Autonomy) mission consists of twin satellites in which two spacecraft (placed inside the satellites) would fly together as one, maintaining a precise formation down to a single milli-metre to study the Sun's outer atmosphere.
ISRO Chairman S Somanath received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering during the 61st convocation organized by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras on its campus on Friday.
Somanath visited the temple at Sullurpeta this morning along with a couple of other officials to participate in a short ritual and also offered flowers to the deity.
These intricate anecdotes, among numerous others, are featured in his upcoming Malayalam autobiography—a venture he deems as an effort to empower the gifted but perhaps less assured individuals.
