The PSLV-C57.1 rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 orbiter lifted off successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 11.50 am on Saturday.
As the launch vehicle carrying Aditya L1, the country's maiden solar mission, lifted off successfully from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, Annapurni Subramaniam, director, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, said the mission will be the first to probe into the innermost part of th
The PSLV-C57.1 rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 orbiter, lifted off successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 11.50 am on Saturday.
Former Indian Space Research Organisation chairman G Madhavan Nair on Saturday said data from Aditya-L1, the country's first solar mission, will help explain various celestial phenomena taking place in the atmosphere and aid climate change studies.
As the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) counts down to the launch of Aditya L1, a 'havan' (religious ritual) was performed in Varanasi on Saturday, wishing success to the country's maiden solar mission.
The anthem goes as follows: "Home star, you’re never too far. Lighting up our lives wherever we are. On Moon or Mars, near or far, home star, you’re never too far. Keeping us all from drifting apart in the deep dark galactic bar. Igniting the skies each day in the Orion spur of the Milky Way
Shifting the focus to its next space odyssey after successfully placing a lander on the moon's uncharted South Pole region on August 23, ISRO is going to launch India's first solar space observatory Aditya-L1 by the PSLV-C57.
Aditya-L1 will be placed in a halo orbit around Lagrangian Point 1 (or L1), which is 1.5 million km away from the Earth in the direction of the sun. It is expected to cover the distance in four months' time.
Citizens will get to witness the live streaming (online) of the launch of Aditya-L1 on Saturday in the B M Birla Planetarium. A science talk on the ‘Sun and Aditya-L1 mission’ will also be held at the program, Director of BM Birla Science Centre and Planetarium K G Kumar said
As the countdown for India's maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 began on Friday, Keerthi, the wife of a project scientist who worked for Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) payload arrived at Shriharikota to witness the launch.