PSLV-C61/EOS-09 mission couldn’t be completed: ISRO 

PSLV-C61 mission was not completed after it encountered an anomaly within the third stage. It lifted off efficiently initially.
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The Indian Area Analysis Organisation (ISRO) couldn’t accomplish its one hundred and first launch, the PSLV-C61/EOS-09 mission, on Sunday (Might 18, 2025).

Minutes after PSLV-C61 with the EOS-09 earth remark satellite tv for pc lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Area Centre in Sriharikota at 5:59 a.m., the area company mentioned that the mission couldn’t be completed resulting from an ‘remark’ within the third stage of the launch car.

Some 17 minutes after elevate off, the ISRO’s PSLV rocket was to position the satellite tv for pc right into a Solar Synchronous Polar Orbit (SSPO). Nevertheless the mission couldn’t be completed.

“Immediately from Sriharikota the PSLV-C61/EOS-09 mission was focused. the PSLV is a 4 stage car and the second stage efficiency was fairly regular. The third stage motor began completely however throughout the functioning of the third stage we’re seeing an remark and the mission couldn’t be completed. After evaluation we will come again,” ISRO chairman V. Narayanan mentioned.

“Immediately one hundred and first launch was tried, PSLV-C61 efficiency was regular until 2nd stage. Because of an remark in third stage, the mission couldn’t be completed,” ISRO posted on X.

The EOS-09 is a repeat of EOS-04, designed with the mission goal to make sure distant sensing information for the person group engaged in operational functions and to enhance the frequency of remark.

The area company mentioned that the spacecraft is configured utilizing ISRO’s RISAT-1 heritage bus, with a lot of the practical necessities of the Artificial Aperture Radar (SAR) payload and the bus platform programs derived from the sooner ISRO missions.

The satellite tv for pc weighing 1696.24 kg carries a SAR payload able to offering photographs for numerous earth remark functions underneath all-weather situations.

The EOS-09 is designed to offer steady and dependable distant sensing information for operational functions throughout numerous sectors and has a mission life of 5 years.

The PSLV-C61 was the 63rd flight of the Polar Satellite tv for pc Launch Automobile and the twenty seventh within the PSLV-XL configuration.