Somanath assumes charge as department of space secretary

January 14, 2022 18:13

S Somanath (left)

S Somanath on Friday assumed charge as secretary, department of space and chairman, space commission.

Prior to this, he had a four-year stint as the director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananathapuram.

Earlier, he also served as the director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Valiamala, for two and half years, an Indian Space Research Organisation statement noted.

"His contributions in PSLV and GSLV MkIII were in their overall architecture, propulsion stages design, structural and structural dynamics designs, separation systems, vehicle integration, and integration procedures development", the statement said. -- PTI

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