RUSSIA HOLDS THE RECORD

After PSLV-C34 lift-off from the second launch pad with the ignition of the first stage, the subsequent important flight events, namely, strap-on ignitions and separations, first stage separation, second stage ignition, heat-shield separation, second stage separation, third stage ignition and separation, fourth stage ignition and cut-off, took place as planned. After a flight of 16 minutes 30 seconds, the satellites achieved a polar Sun Synchronous Orbit of 508 km inclined at an angle of 97.5 degrees to the equator and in the succeeding ten minutes, all the 20 satellites successfully separated from the PSLV fourth stage in a predetermined sequence. In 2008, ISRO had launched ten satellites. Currently, Russia holds the world record for placing the most number of satellites in a single launch. Its Dnepr rocket launched 37 satellites in 2014.