The Indian Space Research Organisation will begin its 2026 launch calendar on January 12 with the PSLV-C62 mission, which will place the EOS-N1 earth observation satellite and 14 other payloads into orbit. The 25-hour countdown is scheduled to begin on January 11, ahead of what will be the 64th flight of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. ISRO said scientists would restart the fourth stage of the rocket to demonstrate the KID capsule to make its re-entry into the earth atmosphere. For this to occur, the scientists would re-start the fourth stage to de-boost and enter a re-entry trajectory, and this will be followed by the KID capsule separation. PSLV has completed 63 flights so far, including the ambitious Chandrayaan-1, Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), and Aditya-L1 mission.

Source: The Telegraph January 10, 2026 06:42 UTC