Tag: Indian solar mission

After a successful landing on the Moon recently, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday launched its Aditya-L1 mission to study the Sun. Aditya-L1 is the first space-based observatory-class Indian solar mission to study the Sun. In a text book launch, the Aditya-L1 satellite was separated after 63 minutes of the lift off.ISRO’S Aditya-L1 lifts off aboard the PSLV-C57 rocketVideo Credit: TE Raja SimhanAt 11.50 a.m., the ISRO’s workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) blasted off from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR,...