The countdown has begun for the launch of the country’s first solar mission, ‘Aditya L-1’. It will be launched from the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has shared this good news on X (formerly Twitter). It said that the countdown of 23 hours and 40 minutes started at 12:10 a.m. today.
According to this post, ‘Aditya L-1′ is all set to be launched on Saturday at 11.50 a.m. This mission is being implemented at a time when India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully reached its target a few days ago.
ISRO posted on Twitter: PSLV-C57/Aditya L-1 mission: Countdown begins for launch on September 2, 2023, at 11:50 a.m. IST.’
Earlier, ISRO chief S. Somnath told the media here, ‘Rockets and satellites are ready. We have completed the drills for the launch. It will take 125 days to reach the destination.
According to ISRO’s website, the Aditya L-1 spacecraft is designed for remote observation of the Sun’s orbit and to study the solar wind at L-1 (the Sun-Earth Lagrangian point). It is about 15 lakh kilometres away from the Earth. This is India’s first dedicated mission to study the sun.
On this mission of India, scientists from all over the world are expected to get new information about the past, present, and future of the sun after analysing the data collected through the solar mission Aditya L-1. This data can prove to be important for understanding the possible climate change on Earth in the coming decades and centuries.
