With 103 satellites, ISRO’s showpiece launch may earn it massive satellite business

The Indian Space Research Organisation is galloping in the commercial satellite launch sector and is on its way to break a massive space record. ISRO’s trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle platform will launch 100 foreign and three Indian satellites in a single launch this February. The launch will set the space agency apart from its competitors and strengthen ISRO’s image as a reliable satellite launch service The Indian space agency will comfortably break the record previously held by the Russian Dnepr rocket–a transformed inter-continental ballistic missile–which launched 37 satellites into orbit in 2014. More

(Source: The Indian Express - Jan 24)