Mesmerizing visuals of ISRO record 104 satellite launch in single mission

Mesmerising pictures of ISRO’s record 104 satellite launch in single mission

Space agency ISRO on Wednesday scripted history by successfully launching a record 104 satellites, including India’s earth observation satellite, on a single rocket from the spaceport from Sriharikota.

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C37 blasted off at 9:28 AM from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre and first injected Cartosat-2 series satellite into orbit followed by the other 103 nano satellites, including 96 from the U.S, in a gap of about 30 minutes.

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This is the highest number of satellites ever launched in a single mission. Earlier, the Russian Space Agency had launched 37 satellites in one go in 2014.

ISRO launch

ISRO had earlier launched 23 satellites in a single mission in June 2015. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Team ISRO for the successful launch.

ISRO launch

So far, ISRO has launched 226 satellites, including 179 belonging to foreign countries.

ISRO launch

This was followed by launch of the other 101 nano satellites of overseas customers in blocks in a series of separations.

ISRO launch

INS-1A and INS-1B will carry a total of four different payloads from Space Applications Centre (SAC) and Laboratory for Electro Optics Systems (LEOS) of ISRO for conducting various experiments.

ISRO launch

Cartosat-2 series satellite, with a mission life of five years, will send images that would cater to coastal land use and regulation, road network monitoring, distribution of water, creation of land use maps among others.