Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:51am on 01 Sep 2023,Friday Science
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has commenced the countdown for the launch of its Aditya-L1 solar mission. The mission, slated to launch on September 2, will study the Sun from a Lagrangian point about 1.5 million km from Earth. ISRO chief S Somanath confirmed the spacecraft and rocket are ready for the scheduled 11:50 am launch from Sriharikota. Aditya-L1 will be India's first solar observatory, providing remote and in-situ observations of the solar corona and solar wind. The fully indigenous mission involves multiple Indian research institutions. The countdown started on September 1 for the launch of the PSLV-C57 rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 satellite to begin India's first dedicated solar study mission.
