ISRO Aditya L1 launch LIVE: Aditya L1 launch mission live updates: At 11:50 IST today, the India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch the Aditya-L1 mission to investigate the Sun. Below is a link to the space agency’s livestream of the launch.
Mission Aditya L1
The Aditya L1 mission will employ a similar strategy to that of the Chandrayaan-3 mission. It will first enter an Earth orbit, after which it will ascend and accelerate until it reaches its final halo orbit around the first Lagrange point (L1) between the Earth and the Sun. The Lagrange point is a convenient vantage point for the probe, as its proximity would allow it to maintain its position without consuming excessive fuel. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) also positioned the James Webb Space Telescope at the second Lagrange point for this reason. (L2)
PSLV-C57/Aditya-L1 Mission:
The 23-hour 40-minute countdown leading to the launch at 11:50 Hrs. IST on September 2, 2023, has commended today at 12:10 Hrs.The launch can be watched LIVE
on ISRO Website https://t.co/osrHMk7MZL
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YouTube…— ISRO (@isro) September 1, 2023
ISRO’s solar mission’s goal
The Aditya L1 mission will employ electromagnetic, particle, and magnetic field detectors to observe the photosphere, chromosphere, and outermost layers of the Sun’s atmosphere (corona). But why do we need to examine the sun? Well, disturbances in the form of solar flares, Coronal Mass Ejections, and solar winds directed toward Earth can have a negative effect on space weather; therefore, researching the Sun is of the utmost importance.
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia congratulated ISRO on X, formerly Twitter, and wrote, “सूर्य देव को नमस्कार....Congratulations, ISRO on adding yet another feather to our cap with the launch of #AdityaL1. The mission goes to show the spirit of today’s India, which stands undaunted in pursuit of ambitious goals. Best wishes to @isro”
Congress President and Rajya Sabha MP Mallikarjun Kharge tweeted, “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.”
He added, “Together, we celebrate their success and honour them with our gratitude. India started the journey to the sun in 2006 when our scientists proposed a solar observatory with a single instrument for the Sun. In July 2013, ISRO selected the seven payloads for the Aditya-1 mission, now renamed the Aditya-L1 mission. In November 2015, ISRO formally approved Aditya-L1.”
Aditya L1 will be India's first space-based solar observation mission. The launch vehicle's external power sources have been disconnected, and the automated launch sequence will launch PSLV in five minutes.