Just a few days ago, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) made history with its Chandrayaan-3 mission by successfully landing on the South Pole of the Moon. While this mission is currently ongoing and is expected to make some significant discoveries in the coming days, ISRO has now shifted its attention to its first solar mission, Aditya-L1. And today ISRO has announced when the Aditya-L1 mission will start, so let's check the details.
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ISRO, via an official X post (formerly Twitter), announced that India's first ever solar observatory mission, Aditya-L1, will launch on September 2, 2023. Aditya-L1 will be launched by ISRO's PSLV XL rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Center SHAR (SDSC-SHAR), Sriharikota, at 11:50 AM IST. To recall, the preliminary launch of this mission was revealed earlier by ISRO Chairman S Somanath to media agency ANI.
The mission will place Aditya-L1 in a halo orbit around the Sun-Earth Lagrangian point 1 (L1), about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. The entire journey will take about four months and will help ISRO study the outermost layer of the Sun (Coronan) as well as conduct in-situ studies of particles and fields to understand the effects of solar activities on space weather in real time. 🚀PSLV-C57/🛰️Aditya-L1 Mission: The launch of Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun ☀️, is scheduled for 🗓️September 2, 2023, at 🕛11:50. IST from Sriharikota. Citizens are welcome to witness the launch from the Launch View Gallery at… pic.twitter.com/bjhM5mZNrx — ISRO (@isro) August 28, 2023
🚀PSLV-C57/🛰️Aditya-L1 Mission: The launch of Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun ☀️, is scheduled for 🗓️September 2, 2023, at 🕛11:50. IST from Sriharikota. Citizens are welcome to witness the launch from the Launch View Gallery at… pic.twitter.com/bjhM5mZNrx — ISRO (@isro) August 28, 2023
