The hour countdown for the launch of the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 mission began on Sunday (January 11, 2026) at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is scheduled to launch the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 mission on January 12 at 10:17 am from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. According to ISRO, the PSLV-C62 vehicle will carry EOS-N1 and 15 co-passenger satellites developed by startups and academicians in India and abroad.

The EOS-N1 Earth observation satellite is said to be built for strategic purposes. “This is a commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL).

EOS-N1 and 14 co-passenger satellites will be injected into Sun Synchronous Orbit and the KID capsule into the re-entry trajectory,” ISRO said. It said that after injection of EOS-N1 and 14 satellites, the PS4 stage would be reprogrammed to de-boost and enter the re-entry trajectory, followed by separation of the KID capsule.

“Both the PS4 stage and KID capsule will re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere and impact in the South Pacific Ocean,” ISRO said. The 15 other co-passengers are: Theos-2 Earth observation satellite jointly built by Thailand and UK, SSTL (UK), CGUSat by Dhruv Space, DSuSAT by Dhruv Space, MOI-1 by Dhruv Space and Techmi2Space (India), LACHIT by Dhruv Space, Thibault-3 by Dhruv Space and MUNAAL by Don Bosco University (India), Nepal University Space Establishment (Nepal) and MEA.

Government of India, Kid and Ride by Orbital Paradigm (Spain)! (France), EDUSAT (Brazil) by Altospace, UISAT by Altospace, Galaxy Explorer by Altospace, Orbital Temple by Altospace, Aldebaran-1 by Altospace, SanskarSat by Lakshman Jnanpith (India) and AYULSat by OrbitAid (India). The launch of the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 mission will be the 105th launch from Sriharikota.

This will also be the 64th flight of PSLV and the fifth mission of the PSLV-DL variant.