It is India’s first space observatory to study the Sun.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched its first solar space station this morning, September 2, 2023.
Successful: India launched Aditya-L1 station to study the Sun
The PSLV-C57 launch vehicle with the Aditya-L1 automatic station took off at 09:20 Moscow time from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Sriharikota Island in the Bay of Bengal. About an hour later, ISRO reported that the station had successfully separated from the rocket and entered its intended orbit.
In the next 125 days, the station should enter a halo orbit in the area of the Lagrange point L1 of the Sun-Earth system at a distance of approximately 1.5 million km from the Earth. This position is especially convenient for observing the Sun, since there are no solar eclipses there.
