{"id":7737,"date":"2025-05-18T18:04:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T18:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7737"},"modified":"2025-05-18T18:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T18:04:46","slug":"indias-satellite-launch-fails-after-technical-fault-in-pslv-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7737","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s satellite launch fails after technical fault in PSLV rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>India&#8217;s attempt to place a surveillance satellite into orbit failed on Sunday after its launch vehicle encountered a technical issue, the country\u2019s space agency has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the PSLV-C61 rocket, carrying the EOS-09 Earth observation satellite, experienced a drop in chamber pressure during its third stage, preventing the mission from achieving its objective.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the third stage, there was a fall in the chamber pressure of the motor case, and the mission could not be accomplished,&#8221; ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said. \u201cWe are studying the entire performance and will share findings soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The satellite was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, early on Sunday. The failure marks a rare setback for ISRO, which is globally recognised for its cost-effective and increasingly ambitious space programme.<\/p>\n<p>This is only the third failure involving India\u2019s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) since its debut in 1993, underscoring the vehicle\u2019s otherwise reliable record.<\/p>\n<p>A Failure Analysis Committee is expected to investigate the malfunction, local media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this setback, India has made major strides in space exploration. In 2014, ISRO became the first Asian agency to place a spacecraft in orbit around Mars. Last year, it became the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon, joining the ranks of Russia, the US and China.<\/p>\n<p>ISRO has launched satellites for several countries and continues to play an increasingly prominent role in the global space sector.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s attempt to place a surveillance satellite into orbit failed on Sunday after its launch vehicle encountered a technical issue, the country\u2019s space agency has confirmed. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the PSLV-C61 rocket, carrying the EOS-09 Earth observation satellite, experienced a drop in chamber pressure during its third stage, preventing the mission [&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-7737","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\/7737","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=7737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}