Watch ISRO’s Aditya L1 Mission Launch: Find Out When, Where, and How To Stream
After the success of the Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is gearing up to launch its new mission, the Aditya L1 solar mission, on September 2 at 11:50 am from the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.
According to the Indian Space Agency, the launch of Aditya-L1 is the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun. ISRO said the Aditya L1 spacecraft/PSLV-C57 rocket is designed to provide remote observations of the solar corona and in situ observations of the solar wind at L1 (Sun-Earth Lagrangian point), which is about 1.5 million km from Earth.
It allows the spacecraft to view the sun around the clock without an eclipse. This provides a greater advantage for observing solar activity and its impact on space weather in real time.
When will Aditya L1 Solar Mission be launched?
The Aditya L1 spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on September 2 at 11:50 AM IST.
Where, how to watch Aditya L1 Solar Mission?
The live broadcast of the Aditya-L1 solar mission will begin at 11:50 AM (IST) on Saturday. Live action will be available on ISRO’s website, its YouTube channel, Facebook and DD National TV from September 12 at 11:50 AM (IST). You can also visit the ReturnByte website to get the latest updates on India’s solar mission.
All you need to know about Aditya L1 Solar Mission
According to ISRO, the Aditya-L1 spacecraft will carry seven payloads to observe the sun’s photosphere, chromosphere and outermost layers (corona) using electromagnetic particle and magnetic field detectors.
Using a special vantage point L1, four payloads look directly at the Sun and the remaining three payloads perform in situ studies of particles and fields at the Lagrange point L1, providing important scientific studies of the propagation effects of solar dynamics in the interplanetary medium.
Suits of Aditya L1 payloads are expected to provide key information for understanding coronal heating, coronal mass ejection, preflare and flare functions and their properties, space weather dynamics, particle and field propagation, etc.
