The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its Aditya-L1 solar mission on Saturday, September 2, 2023.
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The mission aims to study the Sun's atmosphere and corona, and to understand the processes that heat the Sun's outer layers.
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The Aditya-L1 spacecraft was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. It was carried into orbit by a PSLV-C57 rocket.
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The Aditya-L1 solar mission is a major milestone for ISRO. It is the first Indian mission to study the Sun in detail. The mission is expected to make significant contributions to our understanding of the Sun and its influence on Earth." - Dr. K. Sivan, Chairman, ISRO
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The spacecraft will orbit the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1, which is a point in space where the gravitational pull of the Sun and Earth are equal.
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This location is about 1.5 million kilometers (93 million miles) from Earth.
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The Aditya-L1 solar mission is a major milestone for ISRO. It is the first Indian mission to study the Sun in detail. The mission is expected to make significant contributions to our understanding of the Sun and its influence on Earth.
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The Aditya-L1 spacecraft is about the size of a refrigerator.It will take the spacecraft about four months to travel to the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1.
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