In a significant step for India’s space exploration efforts, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully maneuvered the Aditya-L1 solar mission into Halo orbit, earning praise from NASA scientist Amitabha Ghosh.
Ghosh, reflecting on India’s scientific achievements, said, “Today India occupies most of the scientifically important areas. Then there is ‘Gaganyaan’, which is the human spaceflight section, which is being worked on currently “.
“So, there’s been incredible progress over the last 20 years. To go from having no planetary science program to where we are today, and especially after Aditya’s success, has been a truly incredible journey.”
As reported LivemintMarking a major scientific milestone, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Saturday launched the Aditya-L1 spacecraft – the first dedicated solar mission – into the orbit of its final destination.
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Prime Minister Narenendra Modi and Additional Minister for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh were among the leaders who praised the achievement.
Aditya-L1 reached the L1 Lagrange point, about 1.5 million km from Earth.
The PSLV-C57.1 rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 orbiter successfully lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, in September.
The successful launch of ISRO’s (Indian Space Research Organisation) first solar mission came in the wake of its historic Moon landing mission – Chandrayaan-3.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India will continue to pursue new frontiers of science for the benefit of humanity.
“India has created another milestone. India’s first solar observatory, Aditya-L1, has achieved its goal. This is a testimony to the tireless dedication of our scientists in enabling the most complex and intricate space missions. “
“I join in the praise of this extraordinary achievement. We will continue to pursue new frontiers of science for the benefit of humanity,” he said in a post on X.
Aditya L1 has seven different payloads on board, to carry out detailed studies of the sun, four of which will observe sunlight and the other three will measure plasma parameters and magnetic fields in situ.
The largest and most technically challenging payload on the Aditya-L1 is the visible emission line coronagraph, or VELC.
2024-01-06 17:35:00
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