Space programme of India

The reusable rocket sled was recovered for the first time at hypersonic speed

The deputy director of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has said that the agency has told Turkey's Space Agency that India is ready to cooperate with Turkey.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) created history on Wednesday, as it launched a record set of 104 satellites by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in a single mission from Sriharikota in southern Indian Province of Andhra Pradesh.

India successfully put a record 104 satellites from a single rocket into orbit on Feb. 15 in the latest triumph for its famously frugal space agency.

Scientists who were at the launch in the southern spaceport of Sriharikota burst into applause as the head of India's Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced all the satellites had been ejected.

India slowly but steadily becomes an important international player in the space sector. On Wednesday India made yet another important step towards that direction, as the country successfully launched 104 nano-satellites into orbit.

Of the 104 satellites, 96 belong to the USA, one to Israel, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UAE.