Aditya L1 launch

Aditya L1, India's first space-based solar observatory has successfully reached an orbit around its intended destination: the Sun-Earth Lagrangian Point L1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on microblogging platform X at 4:11 pm.Nigar Shaji, project director of the solar mission on Friday had told ET the final manoeuvre would involve the firing of thrusters for a short period of time, which will end at 4 pm. Aditya L1 has 12 thrusters. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

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Aditya L1 Mission LIVE: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s ambitious debut mission to study the Sun, Aditya L1, will reach its final destination on Saturday at 4pm. ISRO will perform the final manoeuvre on Saturday to inject Aditya-L1 spacecraft -- the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun.Aditya L1 will be injected into its final destination orbit near the Sun, some 1.5 million kilometres from the Earth.The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C57) launched the Aditya-L1 spacecraft from the…

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will execute a key manoeuvre today. Aditya L1 spacecraft will receive a command from India's first space-based solar observatory that is 15 lakh kilometres away…

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman S Somanath recently said India's first space-based solar observatory Aditya L1 is anticipated to reach its destination -- the Sun-Earth Lagrangian Point L1, on January 6. It was launched from the Sriharikota spaceport on September 2.Why is this important?The Sun-Earth Lagrangian Point L1 is 1.5 million km from Earth, and Aditya L1 was expected to reach its destination after a 125-day journey. It will study the Sun's outer atmosphere without any interference from eclipses…

ISRO Chairman S Somanath has announced that Aditya-L1 will arrive at the Lagrangian point L1 on January 6. This point is 1.5 million km away from Earth. Launched from Sriharikota on September 2, India's first…

Aditya-L1, India's first solar mission, is all set to be launched today (September 2) at 11.50am IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. The launch for the solar mission has been announced days after the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved success in safe landing on the moon surface with its Chandrayaan-3 mission. Aditya-L1 will be carried aboard ISRO's PSLV rocket, which will undergo a space journey of 125 days. The name Aditya in the…

Following the success of India's moon landing, the country's space agency ISRO launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission, Aditya-L1.The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire as scientists clapped, a live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) website showed. The broadcast was watched by nearly 5,00,000 viewers, while thousands gathered at a viewing gallery near the launch site to see the lift-off of the probe, which will aim to study solar winds, which can cause…

India's first mission to study the Sun will be launched by ISRO in 2023 and it has been dubbed the Aditya-L1. After several years of development, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is expected to launch Aditya-L1 this year. It will be the first space-based Indian mission to study the Sun. This rocket will be carried by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). Aditya-L1's instruments are programmed to observe the solar atmosphere, especially the chromosphere and corona. The payloads of Aditya L1 are…