<Tr> <Th> Mass </Th> <Td> 1,378 kilograms (3,038 lb) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle missions ← PSLV - C36 PSLV - C38 → </Td> </Tr> <P> PSLV - C37 (also known as Cartosat - 2 series satellite) was the 39th mission of the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) program and its 16th mission in the XL configuration . PSLV - C37 successfully carried and deployed a record 104 satellites in sun - synchronous orbits . Launched on 15 February 2017 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, it broke the earlier record of launching 37 satellites by a Russian Dnepr rocket on 19 June 2014 . The cost of the launch was US $15 million . According to ISRO, the 101 international satellites were launched as part of a commercial arrangement between several countries and its commercial arm Antrix Corporation Limited, run under the auspices of the Indian Government's Department of Space . </P> <P> PSLV - C37 was launched from the First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 09: 28 IST on 15 February 2017 . It was the 39th flight of the PSLV and the sixteenth in the XL configuration . It carried a total of 104 satellites including the primary payload Cartosat - 2D . The launcher started placing the satellites into polar Sun - synchronous orbits one after another after a flight of 16 minutes and 48 seconds . It first ejected the satellite Cartosat - 2D at an altitude of approximately 510 kilometres (320 mi), with 97.46 degrees inclination, followed by the two ISRO nanosatellites INS - 1A and INS - 1B . It then took 11 minutes for PSLV C - 37 to place the remaining 101 "co-passenger" satellites into their intended orbits . </P>

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