Celebrations @ VSSC today

The big celebrations at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), which has played a crucial role in the Chandrayaan I Mission, will be held on Thursday. VSSC Director K. Radhakrishnan and other top officials are expected to reach here on Thursday morning.
On Wednesday morning, several of the staff were present at the VSSC auditorium to witness the launch at 6.20 a.m. on a special screen. But as TV channels were telecasting the launch live from Sriharikota from 5.30 a.m. onwards, most of the staff chose to view it from their homes.
`Usually, if the launch is during our working hours, then all of us view it together. As the Chandrayaan I launch was set for 6.20 a.m., most of us watched it from home,’’ a VSSC staff member said.
Also, all the top brass of the VSSC and the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Valiyamala - from deputy directors upwards - were at Sriharikota to be on hand in case of any emergency.
After the launch, the craft was continuously tracked from the VSSC during its flight from afternoon onwards and upto Wednesday evening, sources said.