ISRO’s GSLV-F17 carrying EOS-05 lifts off from Sriharikota


ISRO successfully launches the GSLV-F17/EOS-05 mission from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre.  (Screengrab) (X/@ISRO)

ISRO successfully launches the GSLV-F17/EOS-05 mission from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre. (Screengrab) (X/@ISRO)

A GSLV rocket, carrying ISRO’s Earth observation satellite EOS-05, lifted off from the spaceport in a pre-dawn mission on Friday (September 4, 2026).

The 51.7 metre tall GSLV-F17 blasted off from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, about 135 km from Chennai, at a prefixed time of 2.55 am, lighting up the dark skies amid rains.

The state-of-the-art Earth observation spacecraft will be India’s first ever imaging satellite from the Geosynchronous orbit, official sources said.

The rocket blasted off at the end of the 27-hour countdown that started at 23.30 hours on Wednesday.

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