Mumbai, May 19 -- The Indian Space Research Organisation's (Isro) 101st mission, aimed at enhancing the country's land observation abilities, failed as the PSLV rocket developed faults minutes after launch on Sunday morning. The PSLV-C61 rocket, carrying the Earth Observation Satellite-09, lifted off at 5.59am from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota range. However, the mission was aborted due to an anomaly discovered in the third stage of the launch vehicle. P6

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