New Delhi: After the successful Moon landing mission in the form of Chandrayaan-3, ISRO is ready with their first-ever solar mission, Aditya-L1. Aditya-L1 will be launched with PSLV C-57 on Saturday, September 2, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The launch will take place at 11:50 a.m. IST. The information was given by ISRO using the social media platform X (Formerly known as Twitter). ISRO wrote, “PSLV-C57/Aditya-L1 Mission: The 23-hour 40-minute countdown leading to the launch at 11:50 Hrs. IST on September 2, 2023, has commended today at 12:10 Hrs.” PSLV-C57/Aditya-L1 Mission: The 23-hour 40-minute countdown leading to the launch at 11:50 Hrs. IST on September 2, 2023, has commended today at 12:10 Hrs. The launch can be watched LIVE on ISRO Website https://t.co/osrHMk7MZL Facebook https://t.co/zugXQAYy1y YouTube… — ISRO (@isro) September 1, 2023 What is Aditya-L1? Aditya-L1 is a spacecraft that will observe and provide information about the Sun-Earth Lagrangian point, which is about 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth. The spacecraft will take about four months to reach its destination point. Major objectives for Aditya-L1. Aditya-L1’s primary goals are to investigate the physics of the solar corona region, which is the outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere and its heating mechanism, the acceleration of the solar wind, the coupling and the dynamics of the solar atmosphere, the distribution and temperature anisotropy of the solar wind, and the origin of CMEs, flares, and near-Earth space weather. When and where to watch the launch? The live telecast and streaming of the launch will begin at 11:20 Hrs, IST, 30 minutes before the actual launch time i.e. 11:50 Hrs IST. The launch will be shown on DD National TV channel, ISRO Website https://isro.gov.in, their Facebook page https://facebook.com/ISRO, and their YouTube channel https://youtube.com/watch?v=_IcgGYZTXQw Notably, in a press conference on August 31, ISRO chief S. Somanath said that the launch rehearsal of the Aditya-L1 spacecraft was done successfully, and the official countdown for the official launch will be started tomorrow. Upon being asked about the working of the Pragyan rover, the ISRO chief said that everything was going fine as planned and that if all went well, we would complete our mission as originally planned in 14 days.
