Chennai, Dec 28 (Reporter) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will embark on a ground making mission by deploying a record 24 scientific experiments into space aboard the PSLV Orbital Experiment Module-4 (POEM-4) under the PSLV-C60 space docking demonstration SpaDeX mission, which will take place from SHAR Range, Sriharikota, on December 30. The lift off will take place from the First Launch Pad at the SDSC, SHAR Range at 2158 hrs on Monday night. In a PSLV-C60/SPADEX Mission update on X, ISRO said PS4-Orbital Experiment Module (POEM) revolutionizes space tech!" "With 24 cutting-edge R&D payloads (14 from ISRO, 10 from academia/startups), it pushes boundaries in biological experiments, robotics, SAR imaging, AI labs, & more...A giant leap for science & innovation", it said. ISRO said PSLV-C60 SpaDeX mission is the fourth POEM Mission (in short POEM-4) in the series. A total of 24 payloads will be flown in this POEM-4 mission, of which 14 payloads are from ISRO/DOS centres and 10 payloads are from various Non-Government Entities (NGEs) comprising Academia and Start-ups that have been received through IN-SPACe. This is a significant three-fold increase in the capacity of POEM as compared with the previous POEM-3 platform, wherein it had hosted only eight payloads. PS4-Orbital Experiment Module, designated as POEM, refers to the usage of the spent fourth stage of the PSLV. It provides an opportunity for the scientific community to carry out certain in-orbit microgravity experiments for an extended duration of up to three months using the POEM platform, which otherwise would end up as space debris immediately after the mission objective of injecting the primary payloads of the mission. Such experimental payloads serve as precursor experiments to validate various proof-of- concept and enabling technologies for future missions...////...