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India's space agency ISRO created history today by launching 104 satellites successfully into the orbit. By doing so, it has created a world record, replacing the Russian agency's 37 satellite launch of 2014. The PSLV C37 rocket launch took place from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 9:28 am. It was the 39th flight of the PSLV rocket series. The 104 satellites are from six countries, including India. These will be operative at a sun-synchronous orbital height of 505 km. Three satellites from India are namely, Cartosat 2 series which is the primary satellite and other two are INS-1A and INS-1B. The mission director at ISRO congratulated the team and the partners after the successful launch. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi also wished the Indian space agency for the record l