India, Jan. 11 -- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday commenced the countdown for the launch of a rocket that is set to place an earth observation satellite along with 13 others into to the blue planet's orbit.

The 22.5-hour countdown which began at 12.48 pm and will lead to the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C62 rocket launch, will mark the national space agency's first launch of this year.

The PSLV rocket has completed a total of 63 flights so far with some of its remarkable ones being the ambitious Chandrayaan-1, Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), and Aditya-L1 mission.

The last PSLV launch was the C61 earth observation satellite 09 mission launched on May 18, 2025. The launch could not be accomplished due to an ...