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A powerful Indian rocket will return to flight tonight (Jan. 11), and you can watch its bounceback mission live.<\/p>\n
A PSLV rocket<\/a> carrying the EOS-N1 military satellite and 15 other payloads is scheduled to lift off from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre tonight at 11:47 p.m. EST (0447 GMT and 10:17 a.m. India Standard Time on Jan. 12).<\/p>\n You can watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of the Indian Space Research Organisation<\/a>, or directly via ISRO<\/a>. Coverage will start 30 minutes before launch.<\/p>\n India’s EOS-N1 satellite is seen before encapsulation into the fairing of its PSLV rocket. | Credit: ISRO<\/p>\n The PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) is a four-stage rocket that debuted in 1993. Tonight’s mission will be its first since a May 2025 failure<\/a> that resulted in the loss of ISRO’s EOS-09 Earth-observing satellite.<\/p>\n That was the third failure for the 145.7-foot-tall (44.4 meters) PSLV out of 63 total liftoffs. The rocket has successfully lofted a number of high-profile payloads during its three decades of operation, including the Chandrayaan-1<\/a> moon probe in October 2008, the Mars Orbiter Mission<\/a> in November 2013 and, in September 2023, Aditya-L1<\/a>, India’s first dedicated sun-studying spacecraft.<\/p>\n EOS-N1, also known as Anvesha, is a small Earth-observation satellite. Multiple sources identify it as a hyperspectral imaging satellite, meaning it will study our planet in hundreds of different wavelengths of light. And it will likely do so for the Indian military.<\/p>\n “The satellite will constantly scan the Earth’s surface, sending back images that can generate valuable intelligence,” wrote The Tribune<\/a>, an English-language daily paper based in northern India.<\/p>\n “It will join India\u2019s growing family of spy satellites that use radar and optical technology,” the outlet added. “India has an active program to develop a fleet of military satellites for surveillance and communication.”<\/p>\n The other payloads riding the PSLV tonight are a diverse bunch. Among them are a Thai-U.K. Earth-observing satellite, a Brazilian satellite designed to help distressed fishing boats, an in-orbit fueling demonstration by an Indian company and a reentry capsule from the Spanish startup Orbital Paradigm.<\/p>\n![\"a](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ce98960ca4bbe9df4bd5a9a6be2f314d.jpeg\"\/)
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