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With Isro's record, India to be one-stop shop for global satellite players

Isro on Wednesday hurled a record 104 satellites into space in one go

ISRO's PSLV C35 carrying SCATSAT-1 and seven other satellites, lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota
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ISRO's PSLV C35 carrying SCATSAT-1 and seven other satellites, lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota

T E NarasimhanRaghu Krishnan Chennai/Bengaluru
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro’s) historic feat of hurling 104 satellites in one go, a record by any space agency, is set to open up a global opportunity and make India a one-stop shop for building and hurling micro satellites.
 
Over the next five years, over 3,000 such satellites with sizes varying from a small shoebox to a 24-inch television set and weighing one kg to 50 kg are expected to be built and launched by various players, according to SpaceWorks Inc, a US space industry researcher. 
 
The biggest such move will be by OneWeb, the Softbank-funded

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