ISRO on Saturday launched the country's ambitious Solar mission, Aditya L1, eyeing history again after its successful lunar expedition, Chandrayan-3 a few days ago. As the 23.40-hour countdown concluded, the 44.4-meter-tall Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) soared majestically at the prefixed time of 11.50 am from this spaceport, located on the Eastern coast about 135 km from Chennai.It will be PSLV's "longest flight" for about 63 minutes. According to ISRO, Aditya-L1 is the first space-based observatory to study the Sun. The spacecraft, after travelling about 1.5 million km from the Earth over 125 days, is expected to be placed in a Halo orbit around the Lagrangian point L1, which is considered closest to the Sun.Among others, it will send pictures of the sun for scientific experiments. The Aditya-L1 mission carries seven scientific payloads to carry out the study.PM says efforts will continuePrime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation and its scientists on the successful launch of the country's first solar mission. "Our tireless scientific efforts will continue in order to develop better understanding of the universe for the welfare of entire humanity," he said on 'X'.
ISRO on Saturday launched the country's ambitious Solar mission, Aditya L1, eyeing history again after its successful lunar expedition, Chandrayan-3 a few days ago. As the 23.40-hour countdown concluded, the 44.4-meter-tall Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) soared majestically at the prefixed time of 11.50 am from this spaceport, located on the Eastern coast about 135 km from Chennai.It will be PSLV's "longest flight" for about 63 minutes. According to ISRO, Aditya-L1 is the first space-based observatory to study the Sun. The spacecraft, after travelling about 1.5 million km from the Earth over 125 days, is expected to be placed in a Halo orbit around the Lagrangian point L1, which is considered closest to the Sun.Among others, it will send pictures of the sun for scientific experiments. The Aditya-L1 mission carries seven scientific payloads to carry out the study.PM says efforts will continuePrime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation and its scientists on the successful launch of the country's first solar mission. "Our tireless scientific efforts will continue in order to develop better understanding of the universe for the welfare of entire humanity," he said on 'X'.