Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), credited as one of the finest space agencies in the world, suffered a setback on August 12th, with the failure of its GSLV-F10 rocket, resulting in the loss of an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-03).
EOS-03, the state-of-the-art satellite, was meant to send real-time images to help with weather prediction, water bodies and agriculture for the next ten years.
The Geo Synchronous Launch Vehicle Mark-II launched at 5.43 AM IST from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, cleared the first and second stages as expected, but the cryogenic ignition did not happen in the third stage.
ISRO attributed the failure to a technical anomaly.
Had the mission been successful, the Earth Observation Satellite would have been placed in Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit, and then the satellite was to have used its propulsion system to get into Geostationary Orbit.