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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval had paid a sojourn to the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) present past week, reportedly successful transportation with the January 12 nonaccomplishment of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C-62 (PSLV-C62) mission.
According to VSSC sources, Mr. Doval had a gathering with VSSC Director A. Rajarajan and the Deputy Directors during his visit. The sojourn assumes value fixed the back-to-back failures of PSLV missions connected May 18, 2025, and January 12, 2026.
For long, PSLV had been hailed arsenic the “trusted workhorse” of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), fixed its spectacular occurrence rate. VSSC is the nodal installation of ISRO for motorboat vehicles.
Following the PSLV C-61 launch, ISRO had posted connected X that “PSLV-C61 show was mean till 2nd stage. Due to an reflection successful the 3rd stage, the ngo could not beryllium accomplished.” The study of the Failure Analysis Committee for this ngo is yet to beryllium made public.
Following the nonaccomplishment of the PSLV C-62 mission, ISRO had announced that the ngo had encountered an anomaly during the extremity of the PS3 stage, and that a elaborate investigation had been initiated.
The PSLV-C61 mission, which marked the 63rd formation of the PSLV, had arsenic its payload the EOS-09 satellite. The PSLV-C62 ngo had connected committee 16 satellites with the EOS-N1 outer arsenic the superior payload.
