ISRO Makes History, Launches 104 Satellites With Single Rocket (indiatimes.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @07:00PM from the making-history dept.

neo12 writes: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) made history by launching 104 satellites in a single launch. The lift-off of PSLVC 37 at 9.28 am from Sriharikota was a perfect one. In 28 minutes, all 104 satellites were successfully placed into the Earth's orbit. 101 of the 104 satellites belong to six foreign countries, including 96 from the U.S. and one each from Israel, the UAE, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Kazakhstan. According to Times of India, "Russian Space Agency held a record of launching 37 satellites in one go during its mission in June 2014. India previously launched 23 satellites in a single mission in June 2015."

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among the launched birds... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-02-14 19:33 · Score: 5, Interesting

Among the foreign satellites, 88 cube satellites belonged to San Francisco-based earth imaging startup Planet. With the launch, the company has increased its fleet to 143 satellites which will soon begin capturing images of the earth's entire landmass, including India, every day.

so, just another 88 spy satellites?
yup.
https://www.planet.com/markets...