U R Rao, former Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space is being honoured by the Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) by inducting him as a Member of the highly prestigious ‘Satellite Hall of Fame’, Washington. Since 1987, the SSPI Hall of Fame has been recognising the contribution of the visionaries who have transformed life on earth for the better through satellite technology.
Members of the Hall of Fame are recognised pioneers in communications, satellite-related aerospace scientific research or development and delivery of applications for business, institutions and government via satellite. As a member of the Hall of Fame, Rao joins over 40 past space scientists such as Arthur C Clarke, James Van Allen, William Pritchard, Harold Rosen.
Fredric d’Allest, Takayashi Yoshida, Peter Jackson and Olof Lundberg.
The induction of Rao into the Satellite Hall of Fame was scheduled to take place on Tuesday at a gala function in Washington, DC.
