India's solar mission: ISRO completes launch rehearsal of Aditya-L1

Giving an update on its Aditya-L1 mission to study the Sun, ISRO said on Wednesday the launch rehearsal and the rocket's internal checks have been completed.

The mission is scheduled to be launched on September 2 at 11.50 am from the Sriharikota spaceport.

Aditya-L1 spacecraft is designed to provide remote observations of the solar corona and in situ observations of the solar wind at L1 (Sun-Earth Lagrangian point), which is about 1.5 million kilometres from the Earth.

It will be the first dedicated Indian space mission for observations of the Sun to be launched by the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency.

The spacecraft -- the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun -- would be launched by PSLV-C57 rocket.

"The preparations for the launch are progressing", Isro said in a social media post today. "The Launch Rehearsal - Vehicle Internal Checks are completed".

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