Chennai, Feb. 19 -- A two-member committee has been formed by the Indian government to probe the recent failure of the rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) that carried the country's strategic satellite, it is reliably learnt.
The committee comprises K Vijayraghavan, former Principal Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister, as Chairman, and former Secretary of the Department of Space and former ISRO Chairman Dr. S. Somanath as Co-Chairman.
Interestingly, the formation of the two-member committee comes after the low-key visit of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala.
On Jan 12, 2026, Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) rocket coded PSLV-C62 carrying t...