Congress hails Aditya-L1 launch, says nations build capacity of science not in few years but decades
Congress on Saturday hailed the launch of Aditya-L1 as a «stupendous achievement» for India, as it shared a timeline of the mission from its conceptualisation and asserted that nations build capacity of science, technology and research not in a few years but decades.The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday launched the country's ambitious solar mission Aditya L1, eyeing history again after its successful lunar expedition, Chandrayan-3, a few days ago.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, «We are indebted and grateful to our scientists, space engineers, researchers and our hard-working personnel at @ISRO for the successful launch of AdityaL1 — Solar Observation Mission.»
«Together, we celebrate their success and honour them with our gratitude,» he said and shared a timeline of the mission.
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India started the journey to the sun in 2006 when our scientists proposed a solar observatory with a single instrument for the Sun, he said in a post on X.
In July 2013, ISRO selected the seven payloads for the Aditya-1 mission, by now renamed the Aditya-L1 mission.
In November 2015, ISRO formally approved Aditya-L1, the Congress president said.
«After the glorious successes of Chandrayaan Missions (First- 2008, Second -2019 and Third — 2023) and the Mangalyaan Mission (2013), our path towards placing a satellite to study the sun became a bit more secure,» Kharge said.
Nations build capacity of science, technology and research not in just a few years, but decades altogether, and India's success in space research and exploration is a shining example of that unflinching courage and commitment, he asserted.
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