INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Wednesday completed the launch rehearsal of its solar mission Aditya-L1."The
preparations for the launch are progressing
The Launch Rehearsal - Vehicle Internal Checks are completed," Isro said on X, formerly known as Twitter.Isro has set the date for the
launch of India's first solar mission on September 2.Aditya-L1 is the first space-based observatory-class Indian solar mission to study the
It is planned to be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrangian point1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, which is about 1.5-million-km from
Earth.A satellite placed in L1 point has the major advantage of continuously viewing the Sun without any occultation/eclipse.The spacecraft
will carry seven payloads to observe the photosphere, chromosphere, and the outermost layers of the Sun (the corona) using electromagnetic
Using the special vantage point of L1, four payloads will directly view the Sun and the remaining three payloads will carry out in-situ
crucial information to understand the problems of coronal heating, coronal mass ejection, pre-flare and flare activities, and their
