Countdown For India's Big Solar Mission Aditya L1 Begins
NDTV
ISRO's Aditya-L1 Mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch its first space-based solar mission Aditya L1 on September 2.
After the huge success India's moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, the country is now gearing up for another one but this time to the Sun. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch its first space-based solar mission Aditya L1 on September 2 at 11.50 am from the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.
ISRO Chief S Somanath said the countdown for the Aditya-L1 launch will start today. "We are just getting ready for the launch. The rocket and satellite are ready. We completed the rehearsal for the launch," he said.
Aditya L1 shall be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, which is about 1.5 million km from the Earth. A satellite placed in the halo orbit around the L1 point has the major advantage of continuously viewing the Sun without any occultation/eclipses.
