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Aditya-L1, ISRO launches India's maiden solar mission

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After the historic landing of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the lunar surface, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched Aditya-L1, the country's first solar mission.

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With Aditya-L1, ISRO will venture into the study of solar activities and their effect on space weather. The spacecraft is designed to provide remote observations of the solar corona and conduct in-situ observations of the solar wind at L1 (Sun-Earth Lagrangian point), which is about 1.5 million kilometres from the Earth.

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According to ISRO, the entire journey from the launch to reaching L1 is expected to approximately four months for the Aditya-L1 mission. The spacecraft was initially placed in a Low Earth Orbit. The orbit will then be adjusted to become more elliptical and the spacecraft will be propelled towards the L1 point using onboard propulsion. After leaving the Earth's gravitational Sphere of Influence, the cruise phase of the mission will commence.

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Aditya-L1 has seven distinct payloads, five by ISRO and two by academic institutions in collaboration with ISRO, developed indigenously.

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