104 Satellites Launched In India

14 2017 setting a new record for the most satellites launched.

104 satellites launched in india.

All but three of the satellites. Pslv c37 successfully launches 104 satellites in a single flight in its thirty ninth flight pslv c37 isro s polar satellite launch vehicle successfully launched the 714 kg cartosat 2 series satellite along with 103 co passenger satellites today morning february 15 2017 from satish dhawan space centre shar sriharikota. The indian space research organisation isro said the. The three indian satellites launched were cartosat 2d ins 1a and ins 1b.

New delhi india s space agency launched a flock of 104 satellites into space over the course of 18 minutes on wednesday nearly tripling the previous record for single day satellite launches and. They included 96 from the us and one each from israel the uae the netherlands switzerland and kazakhstan. Arrangements for the launch of the 104 satellites were made between isro s commercial arm antrix corporation limited under the auspices of the indian government s department of space and the international customers. Pslv first injected its main payload cartosat 2 series india s indigenously built earth observation satellite.

Out of the total 104 satellites placed in orbit 101 satellites belonged to six foreign countries. India has created history by successfully launching 104 satellites on a single mission overtaking the previous record of 37 satellites launched by russia in 2014. Isro holds the world record for launching the highest number of satellites by a single launch vehicle 104 satellites including the cartosat 2d and 2 indigenously designed nano satellites ins 1a and ins 1b 41948 510 9 km. India s space agency has announced the successful launch of a record breaking 104 nano satellites into orbit all onboard a single rocket.

The previous record was held by russia which s.