The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s 100th rocket mission hit a hurdle after its navigation satellite, which was launched on Wednesday, suffered a technical glitch on Sunday, as reported by PTI.
Citing the ISRO website statement, PTI reported that the orbit-raising operations towards positioning the satellite to♊ the designated orbital slot could not🌸 be carried out as the valves for admitting the oxidiser to fire the thrusters for orbit-raising did not open.
"The satellite systems are healthy, and the satellite is currently in an elliptical orbit. Alternate mission strategies for utilising the satellite for navigation in an elliptical orbit are being worked out," ISRO stated.
Afღter ꦜthe GSLV rocket placed the satellite in the GTO, the solar panels on board the satellite were successfully deployed, and power generation was nominal.
Communication with the ground stat🌃ion has been established, the space agency said.
The launch on board the GSLV was successful as all the stages performed flawleꦜssly, and the orbit was achieved with a high degree of precision.
ISRO's 100th Rocket Launch Mission
ISRO on Wednesday at 6:23 am succesﷺsfully launched their GSLV-F15 carrying the NVS-02 at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, marking its 100th mission. The mission is also the first for the space agency's Chairman V. Narayanan, who assumed office recently. It is also ISRO's maiden venture this year.
However, this is not the first 🥂time ISRO has encountered setbacks in its ambitious space programs. In 2022, the SSLV-D1 mission witnessed failure because of a sensor malfunction, while in 2019, the Chandrayaan-2 lander lost its communication during its Moon descent.
