Aditya L-1 will be the country s first space-based mission to study the Sun and the spacecraft will be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 of the Sun-Earth system.
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.
India s first solar mission launch comes 10 days after the historic landing of the Chandrayaan-3. Aditya-L1, which will be placed in a halo orbit after a four-month journey, will study how the Sun s radiations, heat and magnetic field affects us
Apart from deep space communication services, ESA will also provide support from all three of its 35-metre deep space antennas in Australia, Spain and Argentina to Aditya-L1