UR Rao, former ISRO Chief passes away due to heart ailment | Oneindia News

  • 7 years ago
Professor Udupi Ramachandra Rao, popularly known as UR Rao, the renowned 85 year old space scientist passed away in Bengaluru today around 2.30 am in the morning. Rao was the former ISRO chief and the man behind India's first satellite Aryabhatta . He was admitted to hospital with a heart ailment earlier this month.

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