National Desk, 24th August: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to launch the Aditya-L1 mission, India’s first space-based observatory dedicated to studying the Sun. The mission’s chief, S Somanath, announced that the launch is expected to take place in the first week of September.
The announcement follows closely on the heels of ISRO’s successful landing of Chandrayaan-3, its third lunar mission, on the lunar surface.
Aditya L1’s mission to study the Sun will soon be launched, according to S Somanath, who was speaking at a news conference following Chandrayaan-3’s successful landing. It is scheduled to launch the first week of September, as planned. Everything is proceeding according to schedule. It will take roughly 120 days for this launch to reach the L1 point after entering an elliptical orbit.
The Aditya-L1 mission is crucial since it is India’s first attempt to see the Sun from space. The spacecraft will be positioned in a halo orbit around the Sun-Earth system’s Lagrange point 1, or L1, which is located roughly 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. Due to the uninterrupted observations of the Sun made possible by this special orbit, researchers will be able to investigate solar activity and how it affects space weather in real-time, free from interruptions or eclipses.
ISRO had previously informed via Twitter on July 14 that preparations were underway for the launch of the Aditya-L1 mission, signaling India’s pursuit of solar research and exploration.