104 * NOT OUT ISRO

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) created history by successfully launching 104 satellite into the orbit in a single mission, and by doing this miracle India has beaten all other space agency in the field of maximum satellite launching in a single mission. ISRO not only launched them but also successfully placed them in their respective orbits without any damage. 

These satellites were launched on board of Polar Satellite Launching Vehicle PSLV - C37 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. And with this successful launch PSLV has become the most reliable space rocket.

KEY FACTS -

• Out of 104 satellite, only 3 were Indians and rest were of international customers.

• 96 satellites were of US.

• One satellite of Switzerland, Netherlands, Kazaskthan, Israel and UAE each were also in the mission.

• Indian satellites include CARTOSAT - 2, INS 1A and INS 1B.

• CARTOSAT was the primary payload with the weight of 714 kgs whereas the rest were nano satellites together weigh around 664 kgs.

During the Kargil War, when India asked for help from America to use their GPS to tell India about the location of Pakistanis troops, America rejected it. But today India placed 96 satellites of USA and has also developed our own indigenously built GPS system IRNSS.

India has not only crushed his own record of 20 satellites in one mission but also surpassed the world record that was previously held by Russia of 39 satellites in one mission. No other private of public space agency is even close to ISRO.

ISRO rates of launching and placing the satellites in 10 times less than any other space agency and ISRO also has highest success ratio due to which now other countries are preferring ISRO for space missions.

ISRO is also planning missions for Mars and Moon again and is also preparing itself for human missions. Mission to Venus is also on radar.

Click here to see the video footage of PSLV placing satellites into the orbit-