Aditya-L1 Launch: First Earth-bound firing to raise orbit today. Top updates on ISRO's Solar Mission
Aditya-L1 spacecraft's orbit is scheduled at around 11:45 am today, Sunday, September 3, said the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in a post in X (formerly Twitter). “Aditya-L1 started generating the power. The solar panels are deployed.
The first EarthBound firing to raise the orbit is scheduled for September 3, 2023, around 11:45 Hrs. IST," ISRO tweeted. 1) India's maiden solar mission--Aditya L1, on Saturday set off on a 125-day journey to the Sun in its attempt to study various elements relating to Earth's nearest star, after being put into orbit by a PSLV rocket that touched a new technical milestone in the launch vehicle segment.
2) Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh congratulated the team of ISRO for the successful launch of ISRO. He called the launch to be a ‘sunshine moment for India.’ 3) Four months from now, the spacecraft will be successfully placed on its Halo orbit, L1, near the Sun. Soon after that, its seven payloads will come into action to find out answers to some of the most intriguing questions about the Sun.
4) The primary objective of the mission is to increase India's ability to observe the Sun for 24 hours a day. The unhindered observation of the Sun will help in closely monitoring its activity. For its accomplishment, Aditya L1 is equipped with two major instruments, along with five smaller ones.
5) Observations made by Aditya L1 will also help in bridging the connection between the Sun's surface and the emission of high-energy particles during solar storms. 6) Following the launch, the spacecraft will be placed in a Low Earth Orbit. Subsequently, the orbit will be made more elliptical, and later the spacecraft will be launched towards the Lagrange point (L1) by using onboard
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