ISRO to launch Aditya L-1 on Sept 2
29-08-2023
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ISRO to launch Aditya L-1 on Sept 2
Aditya L-1, India's first space-based observatory to study the sun, will be launched on Sept 2 from Sriharikota.
According to ISRO, the spacecraft will be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point (L1) of the sun-earth system, which is about 1.5 million km from the earth.
A satellite placed thus has the major advantage of continuously viewing the sun without any occultation/eclipses. This will provide a greater advantage of observing the solar activities and its effect on space weather in real time.