PSLV-C35 was launched at 03:42 hours Coordinated Universal Time (09:12 hours Indian Standard Time) on 26 September 2016 from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

It was also the 102nd overall launch by Indian Space Research Organisation.

PSLV-C35 was the first spaceflight by ISRO to place satellites in two different orbits with a single rocket.

It carried and injected eight satellites built by India, Algeria, Canada and United States.

This was the first time India had placed satellites in two orbits in a single mission.