Congrats, ISRO! You did it. You have set a world record. In a single mission, you have succesfully put ten satellites into orbit.

The 230-tonne Polar Satellite launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9) carried the heaviest luggage--824 kgs--and put into orbit an Indian Mini Satellite and eight foreign nano satellites besides the Cartosat-2A remote sensing satellite.

At the end of the 52-hour countdown, at the appointed time, 9 23 am IST, the PSLV-C9 soared into the clear blue sky in a textbook launch.

Fourteen minutes after lift off, the fourth stage of the ISRO's workhorse launch vehicle, in its 13th flight, injected the ten satellites, into the 635 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO).

It is for the first time in the world that ten satellites were launched in a single mission. Russia had earlier launched eight satellites together.

This is PSLV's twelfth successful flight.

Besides the 690 kg Indian remote sensing satellite CARTOSAT-2A and the 83 kg Indian Mini Satellite (IMS-1), the rest eight Nano Satellites were from abroad.

This is the third time, the PSLV has been launched in the core alone version, without the six solid propellant first stage strap-on motors.

ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair deserves the commendation of the entire nation for this unique achievement.