Sriharikota: In the wake of India’s monumental achievement with the Chandrayaan-3 moon landing, ISRO has taken another ambitious leap by successfully launching the Aditya-L1 mission, its first dedicated study of the sun. This mission’s central objective is to research solar winds which, when interacting with Earth’s magnetosphere, result in phenomena like auroras.
This remarkable feat in space exploration comes right after India surpassed Russia in a race to the moon’s south pole. Even though Russia boasted a more potent rocket, the perseverance and engineering excellence of India’s Chandrayaan-3 ensured a flawless landing, a testament to the nation’s growing space prowess.
The engineering marvel, Aditya-L1, is set to traverse approximately 1.5 million km over a span of four months. Its destination is a specific orbital point, often referred to as a “parking space” in the cosmos. At this point, objects remain relatively stationary due to the equilibrium of gravitational forces, which significantly optimizes fuel usage for the satellite.
The euphoria of this success was palpable at ISRO. Nigar Shaji, the project director of Aditya-L1, likened the mission’s successful launch to a dream materializing into reality. In a conversation with ANI, an elated Shaji expressed, “The successful injection of Aditya L-1 into its intended orbit by the PSLV has filled our hearts with pride. The spacecraft is now on its crucial 125-day voyage, marking another milestone in India’s space journey.”