Current Affairs - Technology - Discussion

The PSLV-C61 mission, launched by ISRO on May 18, 2025, aimed to deploy the EOS-09 earth observation satellite but faced failure due to a glitch in the third stage of the launch vehicle. Specifically, a fall in chamber pressure in the solid rocket motor of the third stage caused the mission to fail to place the satellite into the intended Sun Synchronous Polar Orbit. This was ISRO’s 101st mission and only the third failure in PSLV’s history since 1993, highlighting the challenges in advanced space technology missions and ISRO’s commitment to thorough investigation and improvement.