Aditya-L1, India’s first solar mission, is set to launch today (September 2) at 11:50 am IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota. The launch of the solar mission has been announced days after the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) achieved success in landing safely on the lunar surface with its Chandrayaan-3 mission. Aditya-L1 will be carried aboard ISRO’s PSLV rocket, which will undergo a space journey of 125 days. The name Aditya in the mission name stands for Sun.
Aditya-L1 Solar mission launch: when and where to watch online
The Indian Space Research Organization will launch its first solar mission at 11:50 am IST. According to to the space agency, the live streaming of the Aditya-L1 launch will be made available on various social media platforms from 11:20 am IST. You can watch the Aditya-L1 launch live event on ISRO’s Facebook page and ISRO’s YouTube channel. The live streaming of the launch event will also be available on the ISRO website. Users can also click on the embedded video here to watch the launch of the Aditya-L1 mission.
Aditya-L1 is launched to study the Sun. It will be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system. This point is about 1.5 million km from Earth. L1 point gives the satellite the advantage of being able to see the sun without any eclipse. According to ISRO, there are a total of five Lagrange points, designated L1, L2, L3, L4, and L5.
The spacecraft will carry seven payloads. It will take a 125-day journey while the satellite is expected to be launched into orbit in mid-January.
IRSO intends to study the Sun because it is the closest star to our Earth. An overview of the sun can help scientists understand other stars in our Milky Way and several other galaxies.
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