New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) time‑tested PSLV rocket suffered a midflight malfunction during its latest mission, but Spanish spaceflight company Orbital Paradigm's Kestrel Initial Demonstrator (KID) capsule was the lone survivor.

Hours after ISRO declared an anomaly, Orbital Paradigm posted on social media that its KID capsule had survived miraculously.

"Our KID capsule, against all odds, separated from PSLV C62, switched on, and transmitted data. We're reconstructing trajectory. Full report will come," Orbital Paradigm posted on X.

KID was one of the 16 payloads of the PSLV C62 mission and survived the mishap long enough to separate from the launch vehicle and transmit data before crash-l...