India's Aditya-L1 spacecraft begins its journey to study the Sun; the mission aims to observe the Sun for 24 hours a day.
The first Earth-bound firing to raise the Aditya-L1 spacecraft's orbit is scheduled at around 11:45 am today, Sunday, September 3.
India's maiden solar mission--Aditya L1, on Saturday set off on a 125-day journey to the Sun in its attempt to study various elements relating to Earth's nearest star.
Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh congratulated the team of ISRO for the successful launch of ISRO. He called the launch to be a ‘sunshine moment for India.’
Four months from now, the spacecraft will be successfully placed on its Halo orbit, L1, near the Sun. Soon after that, its seven payloads will come into action to find out answers to some of the most intriguing questions about the Sun.
The primary objective of the mission is to increase India's ability to observe the Sun for 24 hours a day. The unhindered observation of the Sun will help in closely monitoring its activity.
Observations made by Aditya L1 will also help in bridging the connection between the Sun's surface and the emission of high-energy particles during solar storms.