After the successful lunar landing mission, Chandrayaan-3, India has today embarked on its first solar mission. In a proud moment for the nation, the PSLV-C57.1 rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 orbiter lifted off successfully from Andhra Pradesh at 11.50 a.m. on September 2.
Live Telecast | Aditya L-1 Mission Launch Updates: Aditya L-1 launched to be placed in an orbit that is 1.5 million km away from the Earth in the direction of the sun.
Former International Space Station commander, Chris Hadfield, praises India s Aditya-L1 solar mission, saying it is important for protecting the Earth and its technology systems.
Aditya L1 mission: Aditya L1 mission will see the PSLV carry the 1,475-kg spacecraft to an elliptical orbit around the Earth. It is the first dedicated Indian space mission for observations of the Sun that will be live-streamed on ISRO s Facebook and YouTube accounts.
In early 2022, a geomagnetic storm triggered by a coronal mass ejection from the sun knocked out 40 of the 49 SpaceX Starlink satellites belonging to Elon Musk. It is these mass ejections that Aditya-L1 will be studying