Mission info
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2026-01-12, 23:48:30 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2026-01-12, 10:18 (IST) |
| Launch site | First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India |
| Launch Vehicle | PSLV-DL |
| Payloads | EOS-N1 (+ other rideshares) |
| Payload mass | |
| Target Orbit | SSO |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| ISRO | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgYh2Vv87ik |
| Space Affairs | |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKoqVNEb8Uw |
| International Rocket Launches | https://youtube.com/@IntRocketLaunch/streams |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight:
☑️ 1st PSLV mission of 2026, 64th overall
☑️ 1st ISRO mission of 2026, 102nd overall
Mission details
EOS-N1 (Anvesha)
Small Earth observation satellite from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) for an “Indian strategic user”. Suspected to be the “Anvesha” hyperspectral imaging satellite for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Rideshares
This mission will also carry 15 ride-share payloads, including:
- SSTL’s Theos-2
- Dhruva Space’s CGUSAT
- Dhruva Space’s DSUSAT
- Dhruva Space’s and Takeme2Space’s MOI-1
- Dhruva Space’s LACHIT
- Dhruva Space’s and Don Bosco University’s Thybolt-3
- Antharkshya Pratishtan’s Munal
- Orbital Paradigm’s KID Capsule
- AlltoSpace’s Edusat
- AlltoSpace’s Uaisat
- AlltoSpace’s Galaxy Explorer
- AlltoSpace’s Orbital Temple
- AlltoSpace’s Aldebaran-1
- Laxman Gyanpith’s Sanskarsat
- OrbitAid’s AyulSat
Ouch. The previous PSLV launch, last March, was also lost due to a third stage failure.
Jonathan McDowell has spoken: https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social/post/3mc7bjq5ujs2g
I estimate that PSLV-C62 reached a suborbital trajectory of around -3800 x 390 km x 98 deg and fell in the Indian Ocean very roughly near 75E 18S.
Damn, sounds like something went wrong near the end of the third stage burn.
Edit: Webcast ending.
Second stage separated, third stage ignited.
Side boosters separation confirmed.
First stage separated, second stage ignited.
Liftoff!
Third stage burnout, short coast phase until fourth stage ignition.

