SRIHARIKOTA: In a setback for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the launch of an Earth observation satellite onboard the PSLV-C61 rocket could not be completed successfully on Sunday after an issue was detected in the third stage of the vehicle. ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said the first two stages of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), which is a four-stage rocket, functioned normally before the problem occurred. “Today we targeted the 101st launch from Sriharikota, the PSLVC61 EOS-09 mission. The PSLV is a four-stage vehicle, and the performance was normal up to the second stage. The third stage motor started perfectly, but during the functioning of the third stage, we are seeing an observation, and the mission could not be accomplished,” Narayanan said. “After analysis, we shall come back,” he added in his brief address following the launch attempt.
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