ISRO's PSLV missions faced back-to-back failures in the third stage, but the overall track record remains strong despite ...

After a satellite launch failed last May, former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), S Somanath, had said, “Failure is never a defeat, but rather a formidable tutor.” This ...

Despite the hiccup, PSLV remains the backbone of India’s launch programme. Since its debut in 1993, the rocket has built a 94-95% success rate, delivering more than 350 satellites into space.

During its 62nd mission, PSLV will deploy a diverse mix of international and Indian co-passenger satellites.

1 / 6 | The liquid-fuelled second stage of the PSLV rocket uses the Vikas engine, which is based on the French Viking engine. In 1974, rather than pay cash, ISRO acquired this technology from France ...

BENGALURU: Any space agency will tell you that every rocket launch comes with anxious moments, no matter what the record is. Yet, India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) failing twice in ...

BENGALURU: Orbital Paradigm, the firm whose re-entry capsule Kestrel Initial Technology Demonstrator or KID was among the payloads on the failed PSLV-C62 mission, Tuesday said it has begun analysing ...

An Indian rocket failed during the third stage of its flight within minutes of launch on Monday, resulting in the loss of 16 satellites and marking a second consecutive failure of what the country’s ...

'A solid motor, once ignited, burns until the propellant is exhausted. It cannot simply stop mid-burn,' said a retired senior ISRO official. 'That is what makes this failure puzzling.' Venkatachari ...

ISRO kicked off 2026 with a tough moment; the PSLV-C62 launch failed just after liftoff on January 12. The mission was supposed to put the EOS-N1 (Anvesha) earth observation satellite and 15 smaller ...

"Close to the end of the third stage [burn], we are seeing a little more disturbance in the vehicle roll rates, and subsequently, there is a deviation observed in the flight path." When you purchase ...

India's storied "workhorse" rocket stumbled again on Monday, and with it came a cascade of reactions - some refusing to call it a failure, some meeting the blow with quiet resilience, and others ...