Technical and financial challenge the spread these obstacles Dr Kalam Raymond committed to the project and waterlessly to develop a new satellite launch vehicle named The an opposition for many who doubted the feasibility of the project and eventually succeed in launching the asalvc into space on July 1980 achievement made India the 6th country in the world to have the capability to learn satellite into all beat it was a defining moment for Abdul Kalam and Testament to his personal determination and scientific genius