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Indian space agency's satellite mission fails due to technical issue in launch vehicle
The Indian space agency's mission to launch into orbit a new Earth observation satellite failed after the launch vehicle encountered a technical issue during the third stage of flight, officials said Sunday.
The EOS-09 Earth observation satellite took off on board the PSLV-C61 launch vehicle from the Sriharikota space center in southern India on Sunday morning.
"During the third stage ... there was a fall in the chamber pressure of the motor case, and the mission could not be accomplished," said V. Narayanan, chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation.
Active in space research since the 1960s, India has launched satellites for itself and other countries, and successfully put one in orbit around Mars in 2014.
After a failed attempt to land on the moon in 2019, India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole in 2023 in a historic voyage to uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold reserves of frozen water. The mission was dubbed a technological triumph for the world's most populous nation.
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India's attempt to launch the EOS-09 Earth observation satellite failed due to a drop in chamber pressure during the third stage of the PSLV-C61 launch vehicle, preventing the mission from reaching orbit. The Indian space program has previously achieved significant milestones, including a successful lunar south pole landing in 2023.
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