Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chief v Narayanan said on Sunday (May 18) that the 101st Mission-PSLV-C61/EOS-09 Mission that was launched on Sunday morning could not be reached “.
Isro's 101st launch mission with PSLV-C61 was launched on Sunday at 5:59 am. It bore EOS-09, a 1696 kg Earth Observation Satellite, which had to be placed in a sun synchronous polar track.
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'Mission could not be achieved'
A few minutes after the launch, Isro Chief Chief Narayanan said: “Today we have focused the 101st first launch of Sriharikota [in Andhra Pradesh]. The PSLV-C61/EOS-09 mission was the target. “
He explained: “The PSLV is a vehicle with four phases. Until the second phase, the performance was very normal. Third phase, engine started perfectly. But during the performance of the third phase we see an observation. And the mission could not be achieved. After analysis we will come back. Thank you.”
Isro was also posted on X: “Today the 101st launch was tried, PSLV-C61 performance was normal until the 2nd phase. Due to an observation in the 3rd phase, the mission could not be reached.”
4. The most important characteristics of PSLV-C61/EOS-09 Mission
1. EOS-09, Short for Earth Observation Satellite-09, is a repeated satellite from EOS-04. This is the 63rd flight of the PSLV rocket, and the 27th using the PSLV-XL, which complete a total of 100 launches before 18 May.
2. EOS-09 is designed with the mission target to ensure teledetment data for the user community that deals with operational applications and to improve the frequency of observation.
3. Isro said the spacecraft was a rubble -free mission. A sufficient amount of fuel is reserved for de-orchoring the satellite after its effective missionary life, which reduces it to a job that guarantees its decline within two years.
4. The spacecraft is configured with the help of Isro's Risat-1 heritage bus, with most functional requirements of the SAR load and the bus platform systems derived from the earlier ISRO missions.
5. The mission was wearing a synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload that is able to deliver images for various Earth observation application under all condition of all weather conditions.
