PSLV--The New Wild Boy of ISRO?

Andhra Pradesh, Jan. 13 -- Is the Indian space agency's workhorse rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has turned a lame horse or the rocket is now the ISRO's wild boy?These queries now arise owing to the regular failure of the PSLV rocket in the case of India's costly strategic missions.

Indian space agency officials used to term the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) as the naughty boy owing to its failure rates.

Now it seems, the PSLV rocket is turning wild with repeated failures in a short span of time.

The latest failure was on Monday morning when the DL variant of the PSLV rocket coded PSLV-C62 that was carrying India's latest strategic satellite Anvesha or EOS-N1 failed midway.

The rocket went off the path and...