Aditya L1 is a satellite dedicated to the comprehensive study of the Sun. Check all the live updates of the launch here.
Aditya L1 launch: India's first solar mission, AdityaL1 successfully launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. For sixteen days, the Aditya L1 spacecraft will remain in Earth's orbit. The spacecraft will be positioned on the L1 point in the halo orbit around the Sun after a four-month voyage.
The PSLV-C57 launched Aditya-Ll, India's first solar space observatory. In order to conduct a thorough study of the Sun, it will be equipped with seven separate payloads, four of which will measure in-situ characteristics of the plasma and magnetic fields while the other three will observe the sun's light.
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Aditya L1 mission: Aditya-L1 is not headed to the Sun. Instead, it is going to a region in space called the Lagrange 1 or L1 point (that's why it is called Aditya-L1), which is only 1% of the distance to the Sun away from Earth.
Connection between Aditya L1 and SpaceX: The solar mission from India will also keep an eye out for geomagnetic storms and other solar phenomena. Notably, these events caused at least 40 of the 49 satellites that Elon Musk's SpaceX deployed to become inactive.
Former ISRO Chairman G. Madhavan Nair: "This mission is very important. Aditya L-1 will be placed around Lagrangian Point 1, where the gravitational force of Earth and the Sun virtually cancels and with minimum fuel, we can maintain spacecraft there. In addition, 24/7 observation is possible. Seven instruments have been put onboard the spacecraft. The data from this mission will help explain various phenomena taking place in the atmosphere, climate change studies etc..."
Aditya L1 to travel 1.5 million km: To reach the chosen orbit around the sun, i.e. L1, the Solar spacecraft will travel approximately 1.5 million km over a period of four months. Objects in space tend to remain put at L1 due to the balance of gravitational forces, which lowers fuel consumption for the spaceship.
Aditya L1 launch updates:
The Aditya L1 satellite separated from the upper stage of the PSLV rocket.
ISRO Chief on Aditya L1's successful launch: ISRO chief S Somanath said the spacecraft was injected in the "precise orbit". "Aditya L1 spacecraft has been injected in an elliptical orbit of 235 by 19,500 km which is intended, very precisely by the PSLV," he said.
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