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India has successfully sent 20 satellites into space in a single mission, a record-breaking event for the country’s space agency that received its premier’s warm praise.

The launch took place in the Satish Dhawan Space Center in the Sriharikota barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast, located in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, on Wednesday morning, said the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in a statement.

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The 320-ton PSLV-C34 rocket, ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, blasted off from the Second Launch Pad in the facility and carried with it the 727 kilogram (1602 pounds) Indian Earth observation satellite called Cartosat, the main passenger, along with 19 other satellites, to space, it added.

“The total weight of all the 20 satellites carried on-board PSLV-C34 was 1288 kilogram,” the statement further said.

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