{"id":27554,"date":"2017-02-15T11:31:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T06:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/?p=27554"},"modified":"2017-02-15T11:31:39","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T06:01:39","slug":"isro-creates-world-record-by-launching-104-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/isro-creates-world-record-by-launching-104-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRO Creates World Record By Launching 104 Satellites From 7 Countries in One Go!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISRO created a world record today by launching 104 satellites in a single mission from the space centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p>It has successfully launched the PSLV-37 rocket which put in to orbit a record 104 satellites from seven countries. Thanks to the time-tested and popular Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), ISRO surpassed its personal best of sending up 20 satellites in one go.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a>: ISRO successfully launches <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PSLVC37?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PSLVC37<\/a> carrying 104 satellites from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OByyELnNPt\">pic.twitter.com\/OByyELnNPt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/831734461918228482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>All 104 satellites successfully placed in orbit. My hearty congratulations to the entire ISRO team for the wonderful job they have done<\/em>.&#8221; Says ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar.<\/p>\n<p>The mission was controlled through 4 ground stations Sriharikota, Trivandrum, Mauritius and Antartica.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nation is proud of this achievement, which has demonstrated, yet again, India\u2019s increasing space capabilities <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PresidentMukherjee?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PresidentMukherjee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; President Mukherjee (@POI13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POI13\/status\/831725326443048960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>88 of the 104 satellites are owned by US-based Company Planet. Each satellite measures 10cm x 10 cm x 30cm and weighs about 4.7 kg. This flock of 88 satellites will take Planet\u2019s constellation to 100. They will create the most detailed imagery of the earth\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/isro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@isro<\/a> for the successful launch of PSLV-C37 and CARTOSAT satellite together with 103 nano satellites!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi\/status\/831723671387385858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>PSLV-C37 is also carrying\u00a0 Cartosat-2 series satellite that will be used for a producing high-resolution images of the Indian landmass.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CONGRATULATIONS <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/isro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@isro<\/a> !!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PSLV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PSLV<\/a> launches 104 satellites in single mission.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PSLVC37?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PSLVC37<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PSLV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PSLV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CARTOSAT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CARTOSAT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KBUyoXcFG6\">pic.twitter.com\/KBUyoXcFG6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Doordarshan National \u0926\u0942\u0930\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936\u0928 \u0928\u0947\u0936\u0928\u0932 (@DDNational) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DDNational\/status\/831715878332870656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee congratulated Team ISRO for the successful launch.<\/p>\n<p>The highest number of satellites launched in a single mission is 37, a record that Russia set in 2014. The US space agency, NASA has launched 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISRO created a world record today by launching 104 satellites in a single mission from the space centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. It has successfully launched the PSLV-37 rocket which put in to orbit a record 104 satellites from seven countries. Thanks to the time-tested and popular Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), ISRO surpassed its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":27555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-news","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27554"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27558,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27554\/revisions\/27558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}