The launch is planned for September 2…
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all prepared to launch its first space-based solar mission Aditya L1 on September 2 at 11.50 am from the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.
On Friday, 01 September 2023, ISRO Chief S Somanath said the countdown for the Aditya-L1 launch will start.
"We are just getting ready for the launch. The rocket and satellite are ready. We completed the rehearsal for the launch," he said.
ISRO on its official X account, previously known as Twitter said that the countdown leading to the launch has been commended.
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 eclipses.
This will provide a greater advantage in observing solar activities and their effect on space weather in real time.
The suits of Aditya L1 payloads are expected to provide the most crucial information to understand the problem of coronal heating, coronal mass ejection, pre-flare, and flare activities and their characteristics, dynamics of space weather, propagation of particles and fields, etc.
On August 23, 2023, India became the first country to safely land a craft in the moon's south pole region.
The mission is going on. ISRO said
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