India to set record with 104 satellites launched aboard single rocket

‘India will set a new record with its planned launch of 104 satellites off the back of a single rocket – a daunting feat that would see India beat Russia, which launched 39 satellites in one go in 2014.
The launch will take place on Wednesday, and will involve one massive satellite weighing around 714kg, and 103 smaller ‘nano-satellites’ with a combined weight of 664kg. The rocket will lift off from the Sriharikota spaceport, according to a Tuesday statement by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), cited by AFP.
The main Earth observation satellite is said to be domestically-built, while other smaller ones are from places as diverse as Kazakhstan, the Netherlands and the UAE, as well as the US, which built 96 of the satellites.’
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