India’s attempt to launch a radar satellite that observes the earth tonight (May 17) ended in failure.
The EOS-09 spacecraft of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) EOS-09 took off on a polar satellite launch vehicle rocket (PSLV) of the satisfied space center on Saturday at 8:29 PM EDT (0029 GMT or 5:59 AM India Standard). The satellite was lost due to a problem with the third stage of the rocket about six minutes at the launch.
“The PSLV is a four -stage vehicle. Until the second stage, the performance was quite normal,” said the president of ISRO, V. Narayanan, in a television statement after launch. “The third stage, the engine began perfectly, but the duration of the operation of the third stage, we are seeing an observation, and the mission could not be achieved. After the analysis, we will return.”
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Isro’s officials reported the same statement on social networks, referring to rocket as PSLV-C61.
“The PSLV-C61 performance was normal until the second stage. Due to an observation in the third stage, the mission could not be achieved,” Isro said in X.
Today the 101 launch was attempted, the PSLV-C61 performance was normal to the second stage. Due to an observation in the third stage, the mission could not be achieved.May 18, 2025
The launch of EOS-09 was allocated to the ninth mission in the Observation Satellites series of the Earth of India. The satellite was equipped with a synthetic opening radar load (SAR), which had successfully deployed, would have allowed observations of our planet both and at night and through the coverage of the cloud.
The EOS-09 of 3,735 pounds (1,694 kilograms) had been scheduled to deploy from the upper stage of the PSLV approximately 18 minutes after the elevator, at an altitude of 332 miles (535 kilometers).
“Its ability to provide reliable intelligence and 24 hours is special is special given the security of inability along the borders of India with Pakistan and China,” India today wrote, before the failure of the launch.
EOS-09 was the second orbital take-off of the year for India. The first occurred in January, when a Geosíncrono satellite launching vehicle launched the NVS-02 navigation spacecraft to the final border.
The launch of tonight was 101 to date for Isro and 63 for the four -stage PSLV and 146 feet high (44.5 meters). The battle horse rocket flew in its “XL” configuration, which presented six solid rocket reinforcements with strap. This was only the third failure in the 32 years of rocket history.
