India’s space agency will next month attempt to launch 104 satellites from a single rocket, a mission that could land it in the record books.All set to be launched on board its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C37) from Sriharikota, it will be followed by the launch of the South Asian satellite in March this year, which is pegged as the Prime Minister's pet project.

The Indian Space Research Organization plans to use its workhorse, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, to carry three satellites from India, and 101 smaller nano satellites from five countries—the U.S., Netherlands, Israel, Kazakhstan and Switzerland into orbit.

If successful, ISRO’s mission would deploy the most satellites by any country in a single launch, surpassing the current record of 37 satellites sent into orbit in 2014 from a single Russian space launch vehicle. A National Aeronautics and Space Administration rocket carried 29 satellites in 2013.

ISRO’s launches would further entrench India’s position as a cost-effective and reliable destination for launching satellites. In 2014, ISRO put a satellite into the orbit of Mars, becoming the first Asian country to reach the red planet, and at fraction of the cost of a similar launch in U.S. and Europe.

ISRO has so far put 122 satellites in orbit, including 43 from India and 79 from other countries.  In June last year, it put 20 satellites into orbit in a single mission.