Sriharikota:
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched its 101st satellite, EOS-09, riding on the polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV-C61) on Sunday, but failed after minutes.
The 101st launch was made with PSLV-C61, which takes an Earth observation satellite, named EOS-09, which was to be placed in the Sun Syncronous Polar Orbit (SSPO). However, the EOS-09 mission could not be completed. According to the ISRO chief, the PSLV 4-stage vehicle, and the performance was normal to the second phase.
“We will return after analysis,” he said.
The space agency said in a post on X, “The 101st launch was attempted today, the PSLV-C61 performance was normal up to 2 stages. Due to an observation in 3 stages, the mission could not be completed.”
The 101st launch was attempted today, the PSLV-C61 performance was normal up to 2 stages. Due to an observation in the 3 phase, the mission could not be completed.
– ISRO (@ISRO) May 18, 2025
In particular, this launch was also aligned with promoting stability and advancing responsible space operations, as the EOS-09 is equipped with deorbiting fuel to safely close it after the Mission.
This is the 63rd flight of the PSLV rocket, and using the 27th PSLV-XL, completes a total of 100 launch before 18 May.
Read a statement by ISRO, “This mission continues the record of giving reliable performance in PSLV’s payload and a wide range of classes.”
EOS-09 is an advanced Earth observation satellite equipped with C-band synthetic aperture radar technology. It can capture the high-resolution images of the Earth’s surface under the day or night under the weather conditions, day or night. This capacity increases India’s monitoring and management systems in many areas.
Earlier on Saturday, scientist W. Selvamurthy congratulated ISRO scientists, technicians, industries for the launch of satellite. Underlining the importance of satellites, he mentioned that EOS-09 is part of a planetarium of satellites, which will also contain applications for griculture, forestry, disaster management, or strategic and military applications.
“I want to congratulate ISRO scientists, technicians, ISRO -associated industries, which are being launched from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota for this important satellite.
The family and the child, who were early up to see the launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, mentioned that they were excited to see the historical launch of ISRO as they came from far away, although they were disappointed to learn that people were not allowed to launch from SDSS due to security concerns of India-Pakistan stress.
“We came from Ranipat, we traveled so long to come here to see the rocket launch site, but unfortunately we can’t see it because of India-Pakistan. Our chance is lost this time, but I am very proud of coming here, even if I don’t get a chance (to see the launch), I feel very excited,” a child told the Annie.
Another tourist expressed disappointment about not being able to see the launch live, but said he would come for the next launch, and expressed his desire to become the president of ISRO.
“I came here, I was disappointed that we were not allowed to launch, so we came from the village from 150 kilometers, it feels a bit bad, it seems a bit disappointing, but next time I will definitely try to come back again. My aim is to become the president of ISRO, I am very interested in space science,” ANI said.
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