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May 21, 2025 at 02:38 PM
🔆ISRO PSLV-C61
✅ISRO’s 101st launch using PSLV-C61 failed mid-flight, due to a chamber pressure drop during the third stage. The mission aimed to place EOS-09 in Sun Synchronous Polar Orbit.
âś…The PSLV-C61 was the 63rd flight of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and the 27th in the PSLV-XL configuration.
âś…Developed by: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
âś…Mission Objective: To launch EOS-09, an Earth Observation Satellite, into Sun Synchronous Polar Orbit (SSPO).
âś…EOS-09 is a remote sensing satellite, a successor to EOS-04, developed to serve multi-sectoral imaging applications.
âś…Objective:
đź”°Provide high-resolution, all-weather Earth imagery using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR).
đź”°Support disaster monitoring, agriculture, forestry, and urban planning.
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