Top 10 unknown facts about ISRO's successful 104 satellite launch

First of all Congratulation ISRO,

As all of you know ISRO has successfully make a world record in 15th feb 2017 by launching 104 satellites in a single rocket from Sriharikota spaceport in Andra Pradesh,INDIA.
After launching this,India has become the first country to successfully carry that much satellites in a single rocket.



Here are the Top 10 facts you should know about it:

1 - This is the ISRO's second successful attempt after the launch of 23 satellites in a single rocket in         june 2016.

2 - Russian space agency has also launched 37 satellite in one rocket in 2014.

3 - PM Narendra Modi congratulate ISRO saying "this remarkable feat has made India Proud".

4 - This rocket is travelling at a speed of 27000km/hour which is 40 times the speed of an airplane.

5 - India's workhouse rocket PSLV-C37 is on 39th mission.

6 - This is the heaviest version of PSLV weighing about 320tones.

7 - The main satellite in this rocket is the "Earth mapping cartosat 2 series satellite".

8 - The smaller satellites belong to US,Israel, Kazakhstan,Netherlands,Switzerland,UAE.

9 - Out of 104 satellites, 90 are from US.

10 - Close to 90 small satellites named 'Doves' belong to one San Francisco based company. This              Dove constellation will image earth with low cost.



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