One payload out of fifteen survived and sent home some useful data. India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has commenced an investigation into the failure of a PSLV launcher. .
KID was one of the 16 payloads of the PSLV mission and survived the mishap long enough to separate from the launch vehicle and transmit data before crash-landing on Earth....
The data captured during the unexpected re-entry could prove especially valuable because it reflects “off-nominal” conditions rarely available to engineers ....
For decades, the PSLV has been the ‘workhorse’ of India’s space ambitions. Together with the rocket’s technology being mature, the implication is that the mistakes that sank two PSLV launches could be on the quality assurance side ....