SRIHARIKOTA (AP): The launch of India’s latest navigation satellite onboard its polar rocket failed today following a technical glitch just prior to its scheduled orbiting in space.
The rare setback for the ISRO in India’s space history involving the workhorse rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) came shortly after a perfect lift off of the PSLV C-39 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here at 7 pm.
In a brief announcement, A S Kiran Kumar, chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO), said the mission was unsuccessful because the satellite housed within the heat sink could not be injected.
“The C39 launch vehicle had a problem, heat shield has not separated. As a result of that the satellite is inside the heat shield and we have to go through the detailed analysis to see what has happened,” a dejected Kumar announced at the Mission Control Centre. (AGENCIES)
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