Indian Satellite launch fails due to technical glitch in rocket
World Desk
A technical malfunction in the launch vehicle’s third stage caused the Indian space agency’s latest Earth observation satellite mission to fail, officials confirmed on Sunday.
The EOS-09 satellite was launched aboard the PSLV-C61 rocket from the Sriharikota space center in southern India on Sunday morning.
“During the third stage of the flight, there was a drop in chamber pressure in the motor case, which led to the failure of the mission,” said V. Narayanan, head of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
India has been involved in space exploration since the 1960s, successfully launching satellites for both domestic use and international clients. Notably, it placed a spacecraft in orbit around Mars in 2014.
Although a lunar landing attempt failed in 2019, India achieved a major milestone in 2023 by becoming the first nation to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole—a region believed to contain frozen water. That mission was hailed as a technological breakthrough for the country.
