ISRO to launch Aditya-L1 maiden Sun mission on Sept 2

By  India Blooms News Service   Aug 29, 2023

Chennai/IBNS: After the success of its third Lunar mission Chandryaan-3 created history by making a soft landing on the Moons south polar region, a buoyant ISRO is all set for yet another interplanetary mission--this time to explore the Sun-and the launch date for the same has been scheduled on Sept 2.

ISRO on Monday announced that the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, the first space-based Indian mission to study the Sun, will be launched from the SHAR Range, Sriharikota at 11:50 hrs on Sept 2.

ISRO will be using its workhorse and reliable launch vehicle PSLV-C57 for the mission.

In a post on X, the Indian space agency said: PSLV-C57/Aditya-L1 Mission: The launch of Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is scheduled for September 2, 2023, at 11:50 hrs IST from Sriharikota.

?PSLV-C57/??Aditya-L1 Mission: The launch of Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun ??, is scheduled for ??September 2, 2023, at ?11:50 Hrs. IST from Sriharikota. Citizens are invited to witness the launch from the Launch View Gallery at pic.twitter.com/bjhM5mZNrx

The satellite has already been integrated with the launch vehicle, ISRO Chairman S.Somanath said and the countdown for this prestigious mission is likely to begin on Friday.