The Indian Space Research Organization’s second mission of the year was rescheduled to ‘some time’ later again, tweeted Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister of State (MoS) in charge of the department of space, after much talk with ISRO chairman Dr.K Sivan.

Prior to the blastoff, the Launch Authorization Board had cleared the decks.

The rocket blasted off at its scheduled time 05:43 am from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, and its mission was to place an earth observation satellite by a GSLV rocket. However, it failed to fully accomplish as the cryogenic upper stage failed to ignite due to a performance anomaly.

Scientists at the mission control center did assure that the first and second stages of the rocket were normal.

The launch took off without a hitch. Even though this is only the second one with the new nomenclature that ISRO began using in November, ISRO has several earth observation satellites in orbit.

The minister stated that he discussed the issue with Dr. K Sivan, tweeting "spoke to ISRO Chairman Dr. K Sivan and talked in detail. The first two stages took off without a hitch, it was only after that that the cryogenic higher stage ignited that there was a problem. The mission can be rescheduled at a later time”.

Chairman of the ISRO, K Sivan, tweeted, "due to a technical problem in the cryogenic stage, (the mission) could not be completed in its entirety. This was something I wanted to tell all of my friends about”.

At the top of the GSLV-F10 was a newly built payload carrier. The carrier's form has been optimized to reduce aerodynamic drag and enable the rocket to carry substantially larger payloads. The four-stage rocket was the first to use a four-meter-diameter 'Ogive Payload Fairing' at the vehicle's top to accept heavier payloads.

The EOS 'an agile state-of-the-art satellite' was planned to be sent into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit 19 minutes after lift-off. The satellite, dubbed GISAT-1 and weighing 2,268 kg, was supposed to launch on March 5, 2020, however, it was pushed back a day owing to ‘technical issues.

The mission was rescheduled for March 28, 2021, once the Covid-induced lockdown was lifted, but a minor glitch with the satellite prompted yet another postponement.

EOS-03 was launched before EOS-02, which was postponed. The EOS-02 will now be released in September or October. The SSLV, or a small satellite launch vehicle, will be used for the launch.

Only two of India's four rockets, which are the SLV, ASLV, and various versions of the PSLV and GSLV that are now operating. The SSLV is designed to meet the growing demand for small satellite launches, mostly from businesses and institutions; it is far less expensive and uses less energy.

The mission's goal was to provide frequent near-real-time imaging of large areas for quick monitoring of natural disasters, episodic events, and obtaining spectral signatures for agriculture, forestry, and water bodies, as well as disaster warning, cyclone monitoring, cloud burst, and thunderstorm monitoring.