Voice 9, New Delhi Bureau: Aditya-L1, India's
first space-based observatory to study the sun, will be launched on Saturday (September
2) at 11.50 am from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota, the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) said on Monday following the successful Chandrayaan-3
mission.
The Aditya-L1acecraft is intended to perform
in-situ measurements of the solar wind near L1, or the Sun-Earth Lagrange
point, which is 1.5 million kilometers away from the Earth, as well as distant
studies of the celestial corona.
The force of gravity between the Sun and the
Earth creates heightened zones of attraction and repulsion at Lagrange Points,
which are points in space. According to NASA, they can be utilized by
spacecraft to lower the amount of fuel needed to maintain orbit. Josephy-Louis
Lagrange, an Italian-French mathematician, is remembered by the name of
Lagrange Points.
ISRO urged the public to watch the historic
event live from the space center in Sriharikota while announcing the launch
date and time. A registration link to watch the program from the Launch View
Gallery was supplied by the space agency. For registration, go here. Proposal,
Registration will begin at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, August 29.
