The Indian space agency claims that its launch vehicle, PSLV-C61, encountered a technical issue, a rare setback for the organization known for its low-cost projects. The agency is known for its low-cost projects.
On Sunday morning, the EOS-09 Earth observation satellite descended from Andhra Pradesh’s state of Sriharikota on the PSLV-C61 launch vehicle.
The third stage saw a decrease in the motor case’s chamber pressure, which prevented the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chief V Narayanan from carrying out their mission.
He stated in a statement to the local media that “we are studying the entire performance and will return at the earliest.”
Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh’s ISRO Chief V Narayanan states, “Today we attempted to launch the PSLV-C61 vehicle. A four-stage vehicle is used to transport the vehicle. The first two stages went as planned. We are seeing observation during the third stage; however, the mission cannot be… picture. twitter.com/By7LZ8g0IZ
The most populous country on earth has a relatively low-budget aerospace program that is quickly edging toward the milestones set by the world’s space powers.
India has launched satellites for both itself and other nations since the 1960s, and it has successfully placed one in orbit of Mars in 2014.
India became the fourth country to land an unmanned craft on the moon in August 2023, joining China, Russia, and the United States. Since then, ISRO’s ambitions have grown even more. In 2019, it made its first attempt to orbit the moon.
In PSLV missions so far, ISRO has experienced three setbacks, including Sunday’s. 1993 was the first instance of a failure.
Narayanan promised on Sunday that ISRO would conduct an investigation into the performance and provide further information about what went wrong.
Source: Aljazeera
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