ISRO launched Aditya L1 successfully

• Reached the Earth’s orbit in 63 minutes 
• Will travel towards the Sun after 16 days

Bengaluru (Karnataka) – The PSLV-C57.1 rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 orbiter successfully launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 11.50 a.m. on 2nd September 2023. The spacecraft reached Earth’s orbit 63 minutes after launch. It will stay here for 16 days. After that, it will move towards the Sun. According to the ISRO, the Aditya-L1 mission is expected to reach the observation point known as Lagrange Point 1 in four months. The Lagrange point is located between the Sun and Earth and is 15 Lakh kilometres from the Earth. Aditya L1 will stay there for the next 5 years and study the Sun. As a result of the study of orbiters, we will be able to determine how changes in the Sun affect life on Earth and space. The budget of the mission is estimated to be Rs 400 Crores.

INDIA to the #Sun🚀🌞🛰: @isro PSLV-C57/Aditya-L1 launched successfully to study the #Sun. #IADN pic.twitter.com/zIwMlEPt5P

— Indian Aerospace Defence News – IADN (@NewsIADN) September 2, 2023

Indian Sun mission is more effective than the Chinese mission 

China has conducted Sun missions before India. China launched ‘ASO-S’ on 8th October 2022. It is studying the Sun by staying at an altitude of 720 km above the Earth, that is in the Earth’s orbit, instead of going towards the Sun. In comparison, India’s Aditya L1 will study the Sun by going 15 Lakh kilometres away from the Earth. The weight of this Indian orbiter is only 400 kg, while the weight of the Chinese orbiter is 888 kg. While India’s Sun mission has an estimated cost of Rs 400 Crore as China has spent more than India’s Sun mission.