Aditya L1 launch countdown begins

New Delhi : ISRO has started the 23 hours 40 minutes countdown for the launch of solar mission Aditya L1 on Friday (September 1) at 12:10 pm. Aditya L1 will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on September 2 at 11:50 am using a PSLV XL rocket.

Before the launch of the mission, ISRO Chief S Somnath reached Chengalamma Parameshwari Temple in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday (September 1). Here he prayed for the success of the mission.

Earlier on Monday, August 28, ISRO Chief S Somnath had worshiped at the Sri Chengalamma Parameshwari Temple in Sullurpeta, Tamil Nadu. He told that before the launch of any mission, ISRO scientists come to this temple. This tradition is going on for the last 15 years.

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ISRO Chief S Somnath had said on August 30 that all preparations for the launch of Aditya L1 have been completed. Rocket and satellite are ready. We have also done rehearsals for the launch. The mission will take 125 days to reach the exact radius.

At the same time, ISRO said- Internal checks of the vehicle have been completed. It will reach Lagrange Point-1 i.e. L1 point, 15 lakh kilometers away from the Earth, in about 4 months. The Aditya spacecraft will move around the L1 point to understand the storms on the Sun. Apart from this, will study things like magnetic field and solar wind. Aditya has 7 payloads for use.

Why Aditya vehicle will be sent to L1 point only
Aditya will be placed in a halo orbit between the Sun and Earth. The orbit around the L1 point is called the halo orbit. ISRO says that the satellite placed in the halo orbit around the L1 point can see the Sun continuously without any eclipse.

With this, real-time solar activities and space weather can also be monitored. The payloads of Aditya L1 are expected to provide information to understand coronal heating, coronal mass ejection, characteristics of pre-flare and flare activities, movement of particles and space weather.