{"id":35675,"date":"2026-01-12T12:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=35675"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:04:18","slug":"indian-rocket-loses-control-after-liftoff-in-latest-setback-to-isro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=35675","title":{"rendered":"Indian rocket loses control after liftoff in latest setback to ISRO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>An Indian rocket carrying 16 payloads, including an earth observation satellite, went off course shortly after liftoff on Monday, marking a fresh setback for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).<\/p>\n<p>The incident involved the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C62), a workhorse of India\u2019s space programme, which has maintained a more than 90% success rate over nearly 60 missions. This is the second major anomaly for the PSLV in roughly eight months, raising concerns about its reliability.<\/p>\n<p>Read: India launches heaviest communication satellite in latest space endeavor<\/p>\n<p>The PSLV-C62 lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota Island at 10:18 a.m., carrying the EOS-N1 observation satellite along with 15 other payloads developed by startups and academic institutions in India and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>According to ISRO mission control, the rocket performed normally for the majority of its flight before an unexpected disturbance caused it to deviate from its planned trajectory.<\/p>\n<p>The PSLV-C62 mission encountered an anomaly during end of the PS3 stage. A detailed analysis has been initiated.<br \/>\n\u2014 ISRO (@isro) January 12, 2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PSLV-C62 mission encountered an anomaly during the end of the PS3 stage. A detailed analysis has been initiated,\u201d ISRO said in a statement, without providing further details on the cause of the anomaly or the rocket\u2019s final position.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Indian rocket carrying 16 payloads, including an earth observation satellite, went off course shortly after liftoff on Monday, marking a fresh setback for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The incident involved the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C62), a workhorse of India\u2019s space programme, which has maintained a more than 90% success rate over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}