ISRO plans to launch an unmanned space mission to Venus for the first time and revisit Mars. ISRO got to go ahead on Monday for its attempt to launch a record set of 104 satellites on a single rocket. The launch authorization board and the Mission readiness review committee (MRRC) gave the green signal for the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle that will carry the satellites.

The government formally acknowledged the two inter-planetary missions through allocations in the electronic budget documents.

These satellites carry a total of four payloads from the Space Applications Center and Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems of ISRO for conducting various experiments. The weight of all the satellites at launch will total 1,378 kg. It will be placed in an orbit 505km above the Earth. 

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