ISRO Faced Major Setback: What comes as a major setback to India’s space ambitions as Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) PSLV-C62 mission ended in failure on Monday. All 16 satellites carried by the PSLV rocket were lost in space despite a successful liftoff from Sriharikota. The 260-tonne PSLV-DL variant was launched from Sriharikota at around 10:19 am. The launch was successful and the spacecraft performed normally through the first two stages and separation.
The PSLV-C62 mission encountered an anomaly during end of the PS3 stage. A detailed analysis has been initiated.
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ISRO Faced Major Setback: PSLV-C62 loses control
However, mission control team were shocked after knowing about a sudden technical after third-stage ignition, confirming a failure to insert the satellites into orbit, similar to last year’s PSLV-C61 failure.
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“The performance of the vehicle at the end of the third stage was nominal, and then a disturbance in roll rates and a deviation in flight path was noticed. We are analysing the data, and we will come back with more updates,” ISRO chief V Narayanan confirmed.
