India's space agency said it successfully launched more than 100 foreign nano satellites into orbit Wednesday aboard a single rocket, AP reported. The Indian Space Research Organization said the nano satellites of those weighing less than 10 kilograms (22 pounds) were sent into orbit from southern India. It said the launching of the 104 satellites was a record, overtaking Russia's feat of sending 37 satellites in a single launch in 2014. The satellites belong to various companies in the United States, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands and Kazakhstan, according to the ISRO. "All 104 satellites were successfully placed in orbit," the Press Trust of India news agency quoted ISRO Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar as saying. They included an Indian Earth observation satellite. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that the "remarkable feat by ISRO is yet another proud moment for our space scientific community and the nation." In September 2014, India successfully guided a spacecraft into orbit around Mars. Only the United States, the former Soviet Union and the European Space Agency had been able to previously do that.
