ISRO’s 101st launch takes off but encounters failure in third stage

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday said its latest mission, launching an earth observation (EO) or surveillance satellite, “could not be accomplished”. The EOS-09 launched at 5:59 am from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre encountered an anomaly in the third stage of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C61).

This was the space agency 101th launch onboard the reliable PSLV, which was taking its 27th using the PSLV-XL, configured to handle heavier satellites.

ISRO on X said, “Today 101st launch was attempted, PSLV-C61…