ISRO is all set to get another launchpad, apart from the existing one in Sriharikota since its inception in 1969, and this time, Tamil Nadu is chosen as the location.
Nothing can be a bigger achievement for the country at the beginning of the New Year than India’s first solar observatory, Aditya-L1, reaching its destination.
India s ISRO is set to perform the final manoeuvre at 4 pm on Saturday to position the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, the country s first space-based solar observatory, into its designated orbit around Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. The unique halo orbit around L1 allows continuous observation of the Sun, providing real-time monitoring of solar activities and their impact on space weather. Launched in September, Aditya-L1 carries seven payloads to study the solar upper atmosphere, coronal heating, plasma dynamics, and other phenomena.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has achieved a major milestone as they successfully completed the last manoeuvre to position the Aditya-L1 spacecraft into its designated orbit. Aditya-L1 is India s first space-based observatory dedicated to studying the Sun. The spacecraft has now reached its final destination, a distance of approximately 1.5 million kilometres from the Earth.