Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scripted history on by successfully launching a record 104 satellites, including India's earth observation satellite, on a single rocket from the spaceport in Sriharikota.
This is the highest number of satellites ever launched in a single mission.
The space agency's trusted workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C37,
on its 39th mission, took off in the morning, at 9.28 am, 15-feb-2017, from Sriharikota space centre with the 104 satellites,
The first to be let off was India's high resolution Cartosat-2 series satellite
made especially to monitor activities of India's hostile neighbours at a resolution of less than a metre keeping a bird's eye view on both Pakistan and China.The two Indian nano-satellites are ISRO's INS-1A and INS-1B.
101 co-passenger satellites, 96 belong to USA, five from International customers of ISRO -- Israel, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, respectively
101 co-passenger satellites, 96 belong to USA, five from International customers of ISRO -- Israel, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, respectively
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