Just like the ongoing Chandrayaan-3 mission, the satellite will go around the earth gathering speed and then slingshot towards the sun. It will then cruise the 1.5 million kilometres in around four months. And, then it will be inserted into a halo-shaped orbit around the L1 point.
AFTER TWO successful mission launches in July, including the Chandrayaan-3, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting ready for its next big mission – to the sun.
According to sources, Aditya-L1 — India’s first mission to the sun — is expected to be launched in early September this year.
“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, Sriharikota,” ISRO tweeted on Monday.