‘Will not have any impact’: ISRO chief denies possibilities in Gaganyaan mission delay after PSLV launch failure
The ISRO chief said the organization is currently investigating the reason for the failure of the PSLV mission and described it as an individual mission that will not affect the progress of the Gaganyaan mission.
V Narayanan told ANI: “These two are independent programs and this (failure of PSLV) will not have any impact. Investigation is on.”
On January 12, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C62 mission, carrying the ‘Anvesha’/EOS-N1 satellite and 15 co-passenger satellites launched by India, encountered an anomaly at the end of the PS3 burn-in phase, with ISRO chairman V Naryanan stating that a “deviation in the flight path of the vehicle” was observed.
“A detailed analysis has been initiated,” the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said in X.
ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said that a disturbance was observed in the vehicle at the end of the third phase, but otherwise it progressed as expected.
“Today, we tested the PSLV C62 / EOS – N1 Mission. The PSLV vehicle is a four-stage vehicle with two solid stages and two liquid stages. The performance of the vehicle was as expected towards the end of the third stage. (However, towards the end of the third stage, we see increasing discomfort in the vehicle. Subsequently, a deviation is observed in the flight path of the vehicle. We are analyzing the data and will return as soon as possible,” Narayanan said. ISRO’s first major launch in 2026. The Mission is the First in Sriharikota It intended to place an Earth observation satellite into orbit from the Launch Pad (FLP).
The mission was carried out by NewSpace India Limited and represents the ninth private commercial mission to build and launch an Earth Observation satellite. For the first time, a single Indian private company based in Hyderabad, Dhruva Space, contributed seven satellites to the mission.
