solar mission

ISRO’s Aditya-L1 Solar Mission Begins Collecting Scientific Data in Earth’s Orbit

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[ad_1] India’s Aditya-L1 solar mission spacecraft has commenced collecting scientific data to help scientists analyse particles surrounding Earth, ISRO said on Monday.  The sensors on board India’s first solar observatory have begun measuring ions and electrons at distances greater than 50,000 km from Earth, ISRO announced in a post on X.  The national space agency … Read more

Aditya L1 Successfully Completes Second Earth-Bound Manoeuvre, Third One Scheduled for September 10: ISRO

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[ad_1] Aditya L1, the first space-based Indian mission to study the Sun underwent the second earth-bound manoeuvre successfully, during the early hours on Tuesday, ISRO said. ISRO’s Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) carried out the operation. “The second Earth-bound manoeuvre (EBN#2) is performed successfully from ISTRAC, Bengaluru. ISTRAC/ISRO’s ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru and … Read more

ISRO Launches Aditya-L1, India’s Maiden Sun Study Mission, Aboard PSLV Rocket

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[ad_1] Following the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency ISRO launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission, Aditya-L1. The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire as scientists clapped, a live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) website showed.  The broadcast was … Read more

Aditya-L1 Launch Countdown Begins: When and Where to Watch the Live Streaming of ISRO’s Maiden Solar Mission

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[ad_1] Aditya-L1, India’s first solar mission, is all set to be launched today (September 2) at 11.50am IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota. The launch for the solar mission has been announced days after the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved success in safe landing on the moon … Read more

ISRO’s Aditya-L1 Solar Mission to Launch From Sriharikota Port on September 2

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[ad_1] After the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon, ISRO on Monday announced that India’s first solar mission Aditya-L1 to study the Sun will be launched on September 2 at 11.50 am from Sriharikota spaceport.  Aditya-L1 spacecraft is designed to provide remote observations of the solar corona and in-situ observations of the solar wind at … Read more

ISRO’s Aditya-L1 Solar Mission to Launch in First Week of September

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[ad_1] Shifting the focus to its next space odyssey after successfully placing a lander on the moon‘s uncharted South Pole region, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S Somanath on Saturday said that the country’s maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 is ready and will be launched in the first week of September.   “Aditya L1 satellite is ready. It has reached Sriharikota and is connected to PSLV. The next aim of ISRO and the country is its launch. The launch will be in the first week of September. The date will be announced within two days,” ISRO chief said.  … Read more