India, May 18 -- The Indian Space Research Organisation launched PSLV-C61 carrying the EOS-09 satellite at around 6 am on Sunday, May 18. It was ISRO's 101st launch. However, as the mission entered its third stage, it suffered a setback and could not be accomplished.

"Today 101st launch was attempted, PSLV-C61 performance was normal till 2nd stage. Due to an observation in 3rd stage, the mission could not be accomplished," said ISRO in a post on X just half an hour after the launch.

ISRO has not yet released details about what really went wrong with the mission. Everything was fine till the second stage, however, the mission failed during the third stage, it said.

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C61 was launched at 5:59 am from the ...