“The 23-hour 40-minute countdown leading to the launch at 11:50 Hrs. IST on September 2, 2023, has commended today at 12:10 hrs,” Isro said.
Isro on Wednesday confirmed that it had successfully performed the launch rehearsal of its upcoming mission as well as completed the rocket’s internal checks.
The spacecraft would be launched by PSLV-C57 rocket. The Aditya-L1 mission aims at studying the Sun from an orbit around the L1. It will carry seven payloads to observe the photosphere, chromosphere and the outermost layers of the Sun, the corona, in different wavebands.
Aditya-L1 is a fully indigenous effort with the participation of national institutions. It can provide observations on the corona, and on the solar Chromosphere using the UV payload and on the flares using the X-ray payloads. The particle detectors and the magnetometer payload can provide information on charged particles and the magnetic field reaching the halo orbit around L1.
NEW DELHI: The countdown for the launch of India’s maiden solar mission, Aditya L1, has commenced, The Indian Space Research Organisation said on Friday.