Overview
- ISRO began a 22.5-hour countdown at 12:48 pm IST on January 11, targeting liftoff at 10:18 am IST on January 12 from Sriharikota’s First Launch Pad.
- The NSIL-managed mission will place DRDO’s hyperspectral EOS-N1 (Anvesha) and multiple domestic and international rideshare payloads into a Sun-synchronous orbit.
- Primary deployments are planned about 17 minutes after launch, with a fourth-stage restart roughly two hours later to de-boost and release Spain’s 25 kg KID capsule for a South Pacific splashdown as both PS4 and KID re-enter.
- Technology demonstrators on board include OrbitAID’s AayulSAT refuelling experiment, the MOI-1 AI imaging satellite, and the lightweight MIRA telescope developed by Eon Space Labs.
- This is the PSLV’s 64th flight and the agency’s first mission of 2026 following the May 2025 C-61 anomaly that resulted in the loss of EOS-09.