ISRO Aditya L1 launch live updates: Launch successful as satellite separates from PSLV
ISRO Aditya L1 launch live updates: Launch successful as satellite separates from PSLV
Aditya L1 mission live updates: India's first solar mission, Aditya L1 launched today. After a four month journey, it will study solar activity and its effect on Earth, other planets and space weather.
Aditya L1 mission launch live updates: The India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched atop the PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 11:50 AM IST today. Little more than an hour into launch, the Aditya L1 satellite separated from the launch vehicle.
🚀 Aditya L1 mission
The Aditya L1 mission will take an approach similar to the Chandrayaan-3 mission. It will first get into an Earth orbit and from there, it will go higher and faster until it eventually puts itself on a path to its final halo orbit around the first Lagrange point (L1) of the Earth and the Sun. The Lagrange point is a convenient vantage point for the probe because being around it would mean that it can remain in the same position without using a lot of fuel. This is also why the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) placed the James Webb Space Telescope at the second Lagrange point. (L2)
🌞 ISRO solar mission’s objective
The Aditya L1 mission will carry seven payloads to orbit to observe the photosphere, chromosphere and outermost layers of the Sun’s atmosphere (corona) using electromagnetic, particle and magnetic field detectors. But why must we study the sun? Well, disturbances in the form of solar flares, Coronal Mass Ejection, or solar winds directed towards Earth, can adversely impact space weather; and studying the Sun is, therefore, of paramount importance.
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