ISRO successfully launches 104 satellites in space on its PSLV rocket
Today's launch beat the previous record of 37 satellites by Russia
ISRO rapidly gaining a global reputation for its low-cost space missions
In India's space center on the barrier island of Sriharikota, the white-jacketed scientists held their collective breath.
India's trusty red-and-white satellite launch vehicle had just lifted off from its launchpad moments before and blasted into orbit.
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C37 was about to perform a delicate maneuver - carefully sending 104 satellites into the heavens in pairs, the highest number ever attempted in one mission. One Indian space analyst on television likened the complicated maneuver to dropping children at different bus stops.
Around 10 a.m., the announcement came - all the satellites had been successfully launched. The scientists breathed a collective sigh of relief, and backslapping and applause followed.
"This is a great moment for each and every one of us. Today we have created history," said the project's manager, B. Jayakumar afterward. The total number of satellites far outstripped the previous record - 37 simultaneously sent into space by Russia in 2014. Learn More..
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