Tag: ISRO sun space programme

Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is getting ready for the launch. The satellite realised at the U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), Bengaluru has arrived at SDSC-SHAR in Sriharikota. | Photo Credit: ANI ISRO’s Aditya L-1 mission, the Indian space agency’s most complex mission ever, which is scheduled to launch by the end of August or early September, is unique in many ways.  For the first time, India is building a ‘space observatory’ — the spacecraft that will be peering at the Sun all the time, checking out the ball of fire 24x7. India has never put a spacecraft at a...