Not backing down! India launched a radar satellite to spy on Pakistan's J-10C, but unfortunately, the satellite crashed after being launched halfway. The celebration preparations were already in place.
The J-10C shot down three Rafale fighter jets, as well as several other Indian aircraft, without suffering any losses itself. India suffered a crushing defeat and is unwilling to admit it, but they are also summarizing and reflecting. India believes that the key reason for their failure in the air battle was their inability to detect Pakistan's targets. The Indian military believes that the J-10C locked onto Indian aircraft and fired, but the Indian aircraft had not yet detected the J-10C, which made the Indian defeat almost unavoidable.
In order to enhance reconnaissance capabilities, India is determined to launch reconnaissance satellites to strengthen its reconnaissance capabilities. At 8:29 PM Eastern Time on May 17 (5:59 AM local time on May 18 in India), India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) carrying the satellite "EOS-09" was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center. India has high expectations for this satellite and hopes that it will play an important role in reconnaissance networking tasks, thereby helping the Indian military comprehensively improve its system reconnaissance capabilities and ensure a reversal of the passive situation in the next confrontation with Pakistan.
India even prepared to celebrate the launch of this satellite, but unfortunately, the launch failed. About 6 minutes after the launch, due to a malfunction in the third stage of the rocket, the satellite crashed. The failure of the launch means that India's goal of quickly enhancing reconnaissance capabilities cannot be achieved in the short term. This is clearly a significant blow for India. It can be said that India is currently experiencing many setbacks and encountering failures constantly.
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