Countdown for launch of PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 mission begins

The 22.5 hour countdown for the launch of the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 Mission commenced at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Sunday (January 11, 2026).

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 Mission on January 12 from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 10:17 a.m.

According to ISRO the PSLV-C62 vehicle will carry EOS-N1 and 15 co-passenger satellites developed by startup and academia from India and abroad.

The EOS-N1 earth observation satellite is said to be built for strategic purposes.

“It is a commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). EOS-N1 and 14 co-passenger satellites will be injected into a Sun Synchronous Orbit and KID Capsule into a re-entry trajectory,” ISRO said.

It added that after injection of EOS-N1 and 14 satellites, PS4 stage will be re-started to de-boost and enter a reentry trajectory, followed by KID Capsule separation.

“Both PS4 stage and KID capsule will re-enter into Earth’s Atmosphere and impact will be in the South Pacific Ocean,”ISRO said.

The 15 other co-passenger are:  Theos-2 Earth Observation satellite built jointly by Thailand and UK SSTL (UK),  CGUSAT by Dhruva Space (India), DSUSAT by Dhruva Space, MOI-1 by Dhruva Space and Takeme2Space (India), LACHIT by Dhruva Space, Thybolt-3 by Dhruva Space and Don Bosco University (India), Munal by Nepal university Antharkshya Pratishtan (Nepal) and MEA, GoI, KID by Orbital Paradigm (Spain) and RIDE! (France), Edusat by AlltoSpace (Brazil), Uaisat by AlltoSpace,Galaxy Explorer by AlltoSpace, Orbital Temple by AlltoSpace, Aldebaran-1 by AlltoSpace, Sanskarsat by Laxman Gyanpith (India) and AyulSat by OrbitAid (India).

The launch of the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 mission will be the 105th launch from Sriharikota. It will also be the 64th flight of PSLV and the fifth mission of the PSLV-DL variant.