Bhubaneswar, Jan. 12 -- India is ready to begin its 2026 space calendar with the launch of the PSLV-C62 mission, scheduled for 10:18 am on Monday, January 12, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The mission marks a crucial return for ISRO's trusted Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle after its previous flight in 2025 was aborted due to a technical issue.

The 260-tonne rocket will place the EOS-N1 Earth observation satellite, also known as Anvesha, into a polar sun-synchronous orbit a few hundred kilometres above the Earth. The countdown for the mission began at 12:48 pm on Sunday and will last 22 hours and 30 minutes, ISRO sources confirmed.

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