India Launches 104 Satellites From a Single Rocket

India’s space agency launched 104 satellites into space on Wednesday using a single rocket. The Indian Space Research Organization is scheduled to launch the rocket at 9:28 a.m. local time from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C37) will lift a 714-kilogram Cartosate-2 series satellite into space as part of an Earth observation initiative. As well, there will be 103 nanosatellites. These small satellites — weighing a total of 664 kilograms — are from numerous countries around the world including Israel, Kazakhstan, Switzerland and the United States.