BENGALURU (REUTERS) - India's space agency suffered a setback while trying to put an earth observation satellite into orbit, due to a technical anomaly minutes after the rocket carrying the satellite was launched in the early hours on Thursday (Aug 12).
"Performance of first and second stages was normal. However, Cryogenic Upper Stage ignition did not happen due to technical anomaly.
The mission couldn't be accomplished as intended," the Indian Space Research Organisation said in a statement.
The satellite, meant for quick monitoring of natural disasters such as cyclones, cloudbursts and thunderstorms, was launched on a geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) at 12.13am GMT (8.30pm Singapore time), from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in southern India.
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