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WASHINGTON\/LONDON: India has emerged as a “key player” in a growing global commercial market for space-based surveillance and communication, world media commented on Wednesday after the country scripted history by successfully\u00a0launching 104 satellites+<\/span> using a single rocket.<\/p>\n

Isro’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle<\/a> PSLV-C37 on Wednesday injected India’s weather observation Cartosat-2 Series satellite and 103 nano satellites, including 96 from the US, into orbit after a textbook lift-off from Sriharikota space centre.<\/p>\n

The launch was “another success for the Indian Space Research Organisation<\/a>, which is rapidly gaining a reputation globally for its effective yet low-cost missions,” The Washington Post said, noting that India has already sent up dozens of satellites, including 20 at once last year.<\/p>\n

The New York Times said that by sending a flock of 104 satellites into space within minutes, nearly tripling the previous record for single-day satellite launches, establishes India as a “key player” in a growing commercial market for space-based surveillance and communication.<\/p>\n

“The launch was high-risk because the satellites, released in rapid-fire fashion every few seconds from a single rocket as it traveled at 17,000 miles an hour, could collide with one another in space if ejected into the wrong path,” the paper noted.<\/p>\n

“Forget the US versus Russia. The real space race is taking place in Asia,” CNN commented.<\/p>\n

London’s Times newspaper reported that by today’s feat, India has reinforced its ambition to join the elite space-faring nations.<\/p>\n

Many of India’s landmark missions have cost far less than their equivalents in Russia, Europe and the US. Isro’s Mars mission cost $73 million+<\/span> , compared with Nasa’s Maven Mars launch, which came in at $671 million, the British paper pointed out.<\/p>\n

UK’s Guardian newspaper, commented that the record-breaking space launch will help India to cement its place as a serious player in the burgeoning private space market.<\/p>\n

“India, which became just the sixth nation to launch its own rocket in 1980, has long made space research a priority. The Indian government has increased the budget for its space programme this year and also announced plans to send a mission to Venus,” the British paper said.<\/p>\n

The BBC, quoting observers, said today’s space success was a “sign that India is emerging as a major player in the multi-billion dollar space market.”<\/p>\n

“The successful launch is yet another feather in the cap of India’s ambitious space programme that has earned a reputation of offering a reliable low cost alternative to existing international players,” it said.<\/p>\n

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Over the past two decades, India has become a key player in the lucrative commercial space market offering a low-cost alternative, the British public broadcaster said.<\/p>\n

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China’s state-run media took note of India’s success in the space sector.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0“India created history by successfully launching 104 satellites in a single space mission, breaking the previous record of 37 satellites launched by Russia in 2014, Xinhua news agency reported.<\/div>\n
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