Aditya-L1 begins its journey to Sun-Earth L1 point, ISRO Chief says ‘all the best to Aditya spacecraft…’
ISRO's PSLV-C57.1 rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 spacecraft lifted off from Sriharikota's Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 11:50 am on Saturday. ISRO later revealed that the satellite was placed precisely into the intended orbit and the country's first solar observatory began its journey to the Sun-Earth L1 point.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), ISRO wrote, “PSLV-C57/Aditya-L1 Mission: The launch of Aditya-L1 by PSLV-C57 is accomplished successfully. The vehicle has placed the satellite precisely into its intended orbit.
India’s first solar observatory has begun its journey to the destination of Sun-Earth L1 point." Meanwhile, ISRO Chief S Somnath also congratulated the PSLV while wishing the best to the Aditya L-1 spacecraft for its long journey. He said, "I congratulate PSLV for such a very different mission approach to do the Aditya-L1 Mission, to put it in the right orbit.
From now, the Mission will start its journey to the L1 point. It's a very long journey of almost 125 days.
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