India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), long hailed as the reliable workhorse of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), encountered a significant setback with its second consecutive mission failure on January 12.
The PSLV-C62 mission, carrying the EOS-N1 (also known as Anvesha) Earth observation satellite and 15 co-passenger payloads, failed to place any satellites into their intended orbits due to an anomaly during the third stage of flight. Specifics of the failure are yet to be released by the Indian Space Agency.