ISRO has announced the first launch of the year 2026, when and which satellite will go to space?

Indian Space Research Organization i.e. ISRO has announced the first launch of the year 2026. ISRO’s first launch mission of this year, PSLV-C62/EOS-N1, is scheduled for 12 January (Monday) at 10:17 am. Under this mission, the PSLV-C 62 rocket will carry Earth monitoring satellite EOS-N1 as the primary payload. Along with this, 15 co-passenger satellites will also be launched.

Vehicle integration work completed

According to the information revealed, this 64th PSLV flight from the PSLV-DL variant will place the payload in a 505 km sun-synchronous orbit. Vehicle integration work on Launch Pad 1 at Sri Hari Kota Launch Center has been completed and pre-launch testing is underway. It is noteworthy that PSLV-C61 mission had failed in May last year. This mission duration will be approximately 1 hour 48 minutes.

Main satellite to be launched by ISRO

The list of main satellites to be launched by ISRO on January 12 has also been revealed.

1. EOS-N1 (Anwesha)*: 400 kg hyperspectral imaging satellite built for DRDO, which will provide 12 meter resolution for defense surveillance, agriculture, urban mapping and environmental tracking.

2. KID (Kestrel Initial Technology Demonstrator)*: The Spanish startup’s 25 kg re-entry prototype will perform a splashdown re-entry attempt in the South Pacific Ocean after final deployment.

3. Other satellites*: Commercial and research satellites from India, Mauritius, Luxembourg, UAE, Singapore, Europe and America will be part of this launch mission.

PSLV is the work horse of ISRO

Let us tell you that PSLV rocket is also called the work horse of ISRO. Before this, so far in 63 flights of PSLV, important missions like Chandrayaan-1, Mars Orbiter Mission, Aditya-L1 have been successful. The PSLV rocket also has the fame of creating a world record by launching 104 satellites from a single mission in 2017.

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