Maiden solar mission Aditya L1 sets off for 4-month journey: Here's all you need to know
Following its take-off at noon from the spaceport at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, the satellite successfully separated from the launch vehicle a while later. Soon after, Isro chief S Somanath confirmed that the satellite had been “injected in an elliptical orbit and is on its way to the Sun on its four-month long journey”.
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“Aditya-L1 solar panels have been deployed and it has started its 125 days of long journey towards L1. After the earth-centred orbit transfer, exit from the earth sphere of influence, and the trans L1 injection finally insertion into the halo orbit will be achieved,” said the 59-year-old scientist. After its journey of 125 days, once Aditya-L1 is commissioned, “it will be an asset to heliophysics and the global scientific community,” she noted.
Shaji as well as the stellar team of scientists at Isro came in for praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who posted on X, “After the success of Chandrayaan-3, India continues its space journey. Congratulations to our scientists and engineers at ISRO for the successful launch of India’s first solar mission, Aditya-L1. Our tireless
