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| India launches 20 satellites in single mission | India launches 20 satellites in single mission |
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| India has successfully launched 20 satellites in a single mission, the most in the history of the country's ambitious space programme. | India has successfully launched 20 satellites in a single mission, the most in the history of the country's ambitious space programme. |
| They include satellites belonging to the United States, Canada, Germany and Indonesia. | They include satellites belonging to the United States, Canada, Germany and Indonesia. |
| The launch took place from the Sriharikota space centre off India's east coast. | The launch took place from the Sriharikota space centre off India's east coast. |
| Observers say it is a sign that India is emerging as a major player in the multi-billion dollar space market. | Observers say it is a sign that India is emerging as a major player in the multi-billion dollar space market. |
| The record for the most number of satellites launched in a single mission belongs to Russia, which sent up 37 satellites in 2014. | |
| As Indian scientists and government ministers kept a close watch, the rocket carrying 20 satellites blasted off from the launch facility in Andhra Pradesh state. | As Indian scientists and government ministers kept a close watch, the rocket carrying 20 satellites blasted off from the launch facility in Andhra Pradesh state. |
| The payload included devices ranging in weight from more than 700kg to as little as 1.5kg. | The payload included devices ranging in weight from more than 700kg to as little as 1.5kg. |
| They include an Indian cartographic satellite as well as those belonging to the country's universities and international customers - 13 satellites are from the US, including one made by a Google-owned company. | They include an Indian cartographic satellite as well as those belonging to the country's universities and international customers - 13 satellites are from the US, including one made by a Google-owned company. |
| 'Wonderful life' | 'Wonderful life' |
| The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says it is a significant moment for India's space programme which has recorded a number of achievements including sending probes to the Moon and Mars. | The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says it is a significant moment for India's space programme which has recorded a number of achievements including sending probes to the Moon and Mars. |
| Launching several satellites in a single mission reduces cost and India has been positioning itself as a key player in the lucrative international commercial space market as an effective but low cost operator, our correspondent says. | Launching several satellites in a single mission reduces cost and India has been positioning itself as a key player in the lucrative international commercial space market as an effective but low cost operator, our correspondent says. |
| The chairman of the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), Kiran Kumar, told the NDTV news channel that launching 20 satellites in a single mission was like "allowing birds to fly in space". | The chairman of the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), Kiran Kumar, told the NDTV news channel that launching 20 satellites in a single mission was like "allowing birds to fly in space". |
| "Each of these small objects that you are putting into space will carry out their own activity, which is independent of the other, and each of them will live a wonderful life for the finite period for which they have been designed," he said, ahead of the launch. | "Each of these small objects that you are putting into space will carry out their own activity, which is independent of the other, and each of them will live a wonderful life for the finite period for which they have been designed," he said, ahead of the launch. |