Islamabad: Since 2021, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has recorded five total mission failures, representing a challenging period for ISRO. Between 2021 and 2026, ISRO’s reliability has been questioned as it faced three of these failures within a single 12-month period between January 2025 and January 2026.
According to Kashmir24, on January 11-12, 2026, India’s PSLV-C62 polar satellite launch vehicle failed during ascent from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, resulting in the loss of the primary Earth observation satellite (EOS-N1, or “Anvesha”) and 15 co-passenger spacecraft.
This marks the second unsuccessful PSLV attempt in eight months and the fifth major failure since 2021 disrupted supply chains and testing in the last five years exposing systemic vulnerabilities in ISRO’s flagship program amid aggressive commercialization pushes.
ISRO Mission Failures. The following list details every unsuccessful or partially failed orbital mission conducted by ISRO since 2021: