Aditya-L1 Launch Highlights: 'Sun shine' moment for India, says Jitendra Singh as ISRO declares solar mission success

Aditya-L1 Mission will be launched today by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) from Sriharikota

Preparations in the final phase for India's maiden solar mission, Aditya L1 onboard the PSLV-C57, ahead of its launch. 

Aditya-L1 to be live-streamed at Hyderabad's B M Birla Planetarium

Pune-based IUCAA scientists behind Aditya L1's SUIT payload say they're eager for data on UV rays to study sun-climate relationship

Two scientists from Pune's prestigious Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) on Friday said they were eagerly awaiting the results of one of the main payloads they are associated with of Aditya L1, which will be launched by PSLV-C57 rocket on September 2 at 11:50 am.

Visitors 'very excited' ahead of Aditya-L1 launch

Countdown begins for Aditya-L1 mission to study the Sun: Launch scheduled for today

After the resounding success of Chandrayaan-3, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will on Saturday launch its much-awaited mission to study the Sun, Aditya L-1, from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

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Havan in Varanasi for successful launch of ISRO's Aditya-L1 mission

Padma Shri awardee and former ISRO scientist Mylswamy Annadurai believes Aditya-L1 mission going to 'rewarding'

Programming Manager of Chandrayaan-3 says India does not have Sun Observatory...with Aditya-L1, India will also have observations on Sun.

Aditya-L1 will be first such mission of new generation, says retired TISS professor

Data from this mission will help explain various phenomena in atmosphere, says former ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair

Students in Jammu cheer for the successful launch of Aditya-L1 mission

'This is a very unique mission from India to study the Sun,' says Dr. Anil Bharadwaj, Director, Physical Research Laboratory

On ISRO's Aditya-L1 mission, Dr. Anil Bharadwaj, Director, Physical Research Laboratory says "We are all very excited about the launch. This is a very unique mission from India to study the Sun...It will take maybe a month or so to commission all the experiments that are there on the Aditya L1. After that, we will be able to continuously start looking into the Sun..."

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.

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Track live launch of Aditya-L1

https://www.isro.gov.in/Aditya_L1_Mission_LiveStreaming.html

ISRO's solar mission set for take-off in 10 minutes from Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota to witness the launch of Aditya-L1, India's first solar mission.

Crowd cheers as ISRO's solar mission successfully takes off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre

100 seconds past the launch time

PS2 is developing nominal thrust. Flight path closely matching predictions

Third stage of PSLV is operational.

ISRO scientists compare the performance of Aditya-L1 after take off with the estimated numbers

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Payload covering ISRO's spacecraft has been separated as it leaves Earth's atmosphere

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh dubs launch of Aditya-L1 'stupendous achievement of ISRO and India'

When Aditya-L1 mission was conceived initially, we made sure to have a unique data set. The 7 payloads will provide those unique set of data, says principal scientist of Aditya-L1

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We have instruments that not only look at the direction of the Sun, but from other directions as well, says Director PRL

Director of IIA talks about their plans to study the Sun, its dynamics through the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC)

Amit Shah congratulates everyone on the launch of Aditya-L1

India has a long tradition of looking at the Sun from the ground which is why this mission is very important, says Dr Dipankar Banerjee

ISRO will be third space agency to have mission at L1 point says Dr Anil Bharadwaj, Director Physical Research Laboratory

We look forward to capitalise on ISRO's capabilities for developing new technologies, says Principal Scientist of Aditya-L1

Ship-borne terminal in Pacific Ocean acquires elementary signal 51 minutes into the flight

Around 14 more minutes to go for the spacecraft injection

One hour into the launch, thrust cut-off for fourth stage has been achieved. Injection of satellite eagerly awaited

Seperation of Aditya-L1 spacecraft highly anticipated

Mission accomplished as spacecraft successfully separated from PSLV rocket

Mission accomplished as spacecraft successfully separated from PSLV rocket

A 'sun shine' moment for India, says Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh at Satish Dhawan Space Centre after spacecraft successfully separates from PSLV rocket

A 'sun shine' moment for India, says Dr Jitendra Singh after spacecraft successfully separates from PSLV rocket

PM Modi congratulates ISRO on success of Aditya-L1

Nation is proud and delighted, says Amit Shah after successful launch of Aditya-L1

It is matter of pride, says Union Minister Narendra Singh TomarNarendra Singh Tomar

J P Nadda congratulates ISRO for the successful launch of Aditya-L1