01/09/2023
The launch of Aditya-L1,
the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun ☀️, is scheduled for
🗓️September 2,2023, at
🕛11:50 Hrs. IST from Sriharikota.
🔸Aditya-L1 will stay approximately 1.5 million km away from Earth, directed towards the Sun, which is about 1% of the Earth-Sun distance.
🔸The Sun is a giant sphere of gas and Aditya-L1 would study the outer atmosphere of the Sun.
🔸Aditya-L1 will neither land on the Sun nor approach the Sun any closer.
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