"Another feather in ISRO's cap": EAM Jaishankar on successful launch of Aditya -L1
S Jaishankar on Saturday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on the successful launch of India's first solar mission, Aditya -L1, calling it another feather in the space agency's cap.
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«Congratulations on the successful launch of India's first Solar Mission, Aditya -L1. This is yet another feather in @isro's cap.
Their achievements continue to inspire the nation and raise our global profile,» EAM Jaishankar posted on his official handle on 'X', formerly Twitter, on Saturday.
The PSLV-C57.1 rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 orbiter lifted off successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 11.50 am today.
ISRO on Saturday said the payloads on board the Aditya L1 spacecraft were successfully separated as it left Earth's atmosphere following its successful launch from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
«The third stage of the separation of PSLV carrying the Aditya-L1 orbiter has been completed,» the ISRO posted on X.
The launch of Aditya-L1 by PSLV-C57 has been accomplished successfully, it said.
What is Aditya-L1 mission?
The launch vehicle placed the satellite precisely into its intended orbit, it said, adding that the country's first solar observatory has begun its journey to the destination of the L1 point, which lies between the Earth and the Sun.
The successful launch of ISRO's maiden solar mission came on the heels of the historic lunar landing mission — Chandrayaan-3.
ISRO successfully placed a lander on the unexplored lunar South Pole, a feat that put India in the record books as the first country to do so.
The Aditya-L1 mission is expected to reach the observation point in four months. It will be placed in a halo orbit
