Aditya-L1 Launch: India's First Space Mission to The Sun | ISRO

Aditya-L1 Launch: India's First Space Mission to The Sun | ISRO

For ISRO’s PSLV-C57 mission, a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in the “XL” configuration (PSLV-XL) launched the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota, India, on September 2, 2023, at 06:20 GMT (11:50 IST). Aditya-L1 is ISRO’s first space-based mission to study the Sun—named after Surya—the Hindu god of Sun, also known as Aditya. It will travel 1.5 million km (932,000 miles) from the Earth—1% of the Earth-Sun distance. India's space agency says it will take four months to travel that far. And L1 stands for Lagrange point 1—the place between Sun and Earth where the Indian spacecraft is heading. A Lagrange point is a place where the gravitational forces of two large objects, such as the Sun and the Earth, cancel each other out, allowing a spacecraft to "hover".

Once Aditya-L1 reaches this "parking spot", it will be able to orbit the Sun at the same rate as the Earth. This also means the satellite will require less fuel to operate.

Credit: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 4 minutes, 36 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 2, 2023

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