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PSLV-C26
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GSLV-D5
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Ariane-5
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PSLV C37
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Detailed explanation-1: -PSLV-C37 Successfully Launches 104 Satellites in a Single Flight.
Detailed explanation-2: -Launched on 15 February 2017 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, the rocket successfully carried and deployed a record number of 104 satellites in sun-synchronous orbits in a single mission, breaking the earlier record of launching 37 satellites by a Russian Dnepr rocket on 19 June 2014.
Detailed explanation-3: -India launched 104 satellites in a single mission in 2017. Thus created a world record of launching the most satellites at one go. Of the 104, 101 are foreign satellites intended for international customers.
Detailed explanation-4: -At 0928 hrs IST today morning, ISRO successfully launched the 714 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite along with 103 co-passenger satellites on board ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C37, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
Detailed explanation-5: -In September 2016, PSLV C-37 has successfully injected 104 satellites into orbit – the highest number of satellites launched in a single mission so far. PSLV is a versatile vehicle, capable of launching satellites into LEO (Low Earth Orbit), SSO, Sub-GTO, GTO (Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit) Orbits.