Aditya-L1 Launch Live: Aditya-L1 successfully launched from Sriharikota at 11:50 am, Saturday, September 2. Aditya L1 took an approach similar to Chandrayaan-3 to reach its designated spot. Aditya L1 stayed in earth-bound orbits for 16 days as it underwent five maneuvers to gain the speed needed for the L1 jump. The total journey time for ISRO's Aditya-L1 solar mission from Sriharikota (Earth) to L1 was estimated to be about four months. You could watch this event live on ISRO's Facebook and YouTube channels.

Aditya-L1, ISRO's groundbreaking solar mission, has marked a historic milestone in India's space exploration endeavors. Prior to the launch, a sacred 'havan' ceremony was conducted in Varanasi to invoke divine blessings and ensure the triumph of the nation's maiden solar mission.

The much-anticipated launch of the PSLV-C57.1 rocket, carrying the Aditya-L1 orbiter, took place from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, at precisely 11:50 am. The mission comprises a suite of seven diverse payloads meticulously designed for an exhaustive examination of the Sun. Among these payloads, four are dedicated to observing the Sun's radiant light, while the remaining three are focused on measuring in-situ parameters related to plasma and magnetic fields.

Aditya-L1 is now on its journey to assume a halo orbit around Lagrangian Point 1 (L1), located a staggering 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth, in alignment with the Sun. The voyage to this vantage point is estimated to span approximately four months.

One of the most significant and technically demanding payloads on Aditya-L1 is the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC), meticulously integrated, tested, and calibrated at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics’ CREST (Centre for Research and Education in Science Technology) campus, in close collaboration with ISRO.

India's ambitious solar mission aims to delve into various facets of the Sun, encompassing the intricacies of the solar corona and its heating mechanism, the dynamics of solar wind, the behavior of the solar atmosphere, the distribution of solar wind and temperature anisotropy, and the origins of Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) and solar flares. Additionally, it seeks to enhance our understanding of near-Earth space weather, marking a significant step forward in our quest to unravel the mysteries of the cosmos.

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