‘Mission could not be accomplished’: India space agency fails 101st try, satellite lost

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India's space agency, ISRO, experienced a setback when its PSLV-C61 rocket mission failed shortly after liftoff on Sunday. The mission aimed to deploy the EOS-09 Earth observation satellite. While the first two stages performed normally, an anomaly in the third stage prevented mission completion. The launch, ISRO's 101st, occurred at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The PSLV, a reliable launch vehicle with a history of successful missions, has only experienced two previous failures.