The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) could not accomplish its one hundred and first launch, the PSLV-C61/EOS-09 mission, on Sunday (May 18, 2025).
Minutes after PSLV-C61 with the EOS-09 earth commentary satellite tv for pc lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 5:59 a.m., the house company stated that the mission could not be achieved attributable to an ‘observation’ within the third stage of the launch automobile.
Some 17 minutes after raise off, the ISRO’s PSLV rocket was to put the satellite tv for pc right into a Sun Synchronous Polar Orbit (SSPO). However the mission could not be achieved.
“Today from Sriharikota the PSLV-C61/EOS-09 mission was targeted. the PSLV is a four stage vehicle and the second stage performance was quite normal. The third stage motor started perfectly but during the functioning of the third stage we are seeing an observation and the mission could not be accomplished. After analysis we shall come back,” ISRO chairman V. Narayanan stated.
“Today 101st launch was attempted, PSLV-C61 performance was normal till 2nd stage. Due to an observation in 3rd stage, the mission could not be accomplished,” ISRO posted on X.
The EOS-09 is a repeat of EOS-04, designed with the mission goal to make sure distant sensing knowledge for the consumer neighborhood engaged in operational purposes and to enhance the frequency of commentary.
The house company stated that the spacecraft is configured utilizing ISRO’s RISAT-1 heritage bus, with a lot of the practical necessities of the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload and the bus platform techniques derived from the sooner ISRO missions.
The satellite tv for pc weighing 1696.24 kg carries a SAR payload able to offering photos for numerous earth commentary purposes underneath all-weather situations.
The EOS-09 is designed to offer steady and dependable distant sensing knowledge for operational purposes throughout numerous sectors and has a mission life of 5 years.
The PSLV-C61 was the 63rd flight of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and the twenty seventh within the PSLV-XL configuration.
Published – May 18, 2025 06:57 am IST
