The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been in the news lately. The organisation is scheduled to launch the Aditya-L1 solar probe at 11.50 AM on Saturday, September 2, from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.Just about ten days prior, the space agency had its spacecraft do a soft landing close to the south pole of the Moon.PSLV-C57/Aditya-L1 Mission:The 23-hour 40-minute countdown leading to the launch at 11:50 Hrs. IST on September 2, 2023, has commended today at 12:10 Hrs. The launch can be watched LIVE on ISRO Website https://t.co/osrHMk7MZL Facebook https://t.co/zugXQAYy1yYouTube…— ISRO (@isro) September 1, 2023The functions Aditya L1 is set to rollAditya L1 will be launched using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and will follow Chandrayaan-3s strategy by entering Earth orbit first, then accelerating and tilting to put itself on a route towards the Sun. The roughly 1.5-million-kilometer trip to L1 will take four months to complete.#WATCH | Andhra Pradesh: A team of ISRO scientists arrive at Tirumala Sri Venkateswara Temple, with a miniature model of the Aditya-L1 Mission to offer prayers.Indias first solar mission (Aditya-L1 Mission) is scheduled to be launched on September 2 at 11.50am from the… pic.twitter.com/XPvh5q8M7F— ANI (@ANI) September 1, 2023Aditya L1s GoalAditya L1 is the first space-based Indian mission to investigate the Sun. It is planned to be positioned in a halo orbit around the Sun and Earths first Lagrange point (L1). This will put it in a position where it can continuously see the sun without any eclipses. The spacecraft will continuously monitor solar activity and how it affects space weather.VIDEO | Aditya L1 will be launched on September 2. It will be at Lagrange point which is a point in space 15 lakh km away from the surface of Earth and where the attraction (gravitational pull of two bodies) cancels each other, says Dr Debiprasad Duari, former director, MP… pic.twitter.com/iRHVLMu16O— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 1, 2023More on payloadsIt will transport seven payloads to orbit so that they can use electromagnetic, particle, and magnetic field detectors to study the photosphere, chromosphere, and outermost layers of the Suns atmosphere.What kept ISRO scientists going for the Chandrayaan-3 missionIn a conversation with the media, ISRO scientist Venkateshwara Sharma mentioned how everyone had to put in additional effort for the moon mission to be successful. He added that ISRO had no cash rewards for employees. But they kept on going as they were offered a free masala dosa and filter coffee at 5 p.m. every day. This made everyone stay longer.
