
Isro chief V Narayanan on Monday said that the PSLV-C62 mission encountered an anomaly during the third stage and added that the space agency has launched a detailed analysis to investigate the issue.
"Performance of the vehicle up to the end of 3rd stage was as expected, then we saw more disturbance in vehicle's roll rates, subsequently there was a deviation observed in flight path. We are analysing the data and we shall comeback at the earliest," minutes after Isro's PSLV lifted off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh carrying DRDO's earth observation satellite along with 14 other commercial payloads for both domestic and overseas customers.
The space agency said on its X account later that the PSLV-C62 mission encountered an anomaly during end of the PS3 stage. "A detailed analysis has been initiated," it added.
This is Isro's first launch of 2026.
The 44.4 metre tall four-stage PSLV-C62 rocket soared from the first launch pad at a prefixed time of 10.18 hours on Monday.
The vehicle was expected to place the satellites into Sun Synchronous Orbit at an altitude of about 511 km after a journey of 17 minutes.
More details awaited
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