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IN PHOTOS: ISRO completes launch rehearsal of Aditya-L1, India's solar mission

Updated On: 30 August, 2023 02:16 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday said that the launch rehearsal of its Aditya-L1 mission to study the Sun and the rocket's internal checks have been completed. Pics/ ISRO/X

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The mission is scheduled to be launched on September 2 at 11.50 am from the Sriharikota spaceport. Pics/ISRO/X

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The mission is scheduled to be launched on September 2 at 11.50 am from the Sriharikota spaceport. Pics/ISRO/X
Aditya-L1 spacecraft is designed for providing remote observations of the solar corona and in situ observations of the solar wind at L1 (Sun-Earth Lagrangian point), which is about 1.5 million kilometres from the earth

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Aditya-L1 spacecraft is designed for providing remote observations of the solar corona and in situ observations of the solar wind at L1 (Sun-Earth Lagrangian point), which is about 1.5 million kilometres from the earth

It will be the first dedicated Indian space mission for observations of the Sun to be launched by the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency

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It will be the first dedicated Indian space mission for observations of the Sun to be launched by the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency

The spacecraft -- the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun -- would be launched by PSLV-C57 rocket

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The spacecraft -- the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun -- would be launched by PSLV-C57 rocket

"The preparations for the launch are progressing", ISRO said in a social media post on Wednesday. "The Launch Rehearsal - Vehicle Internal Checks are completed," it said

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"The preparations for the launch are progressing", ISRO said in a social media post on Wednesday. "The Launch Rehearsal - Vehicle Internal Checks are completed," it said

The Aditya-L1 mission, aimed at studying the Sun from an orbit around the L1, would carry seven payloads to observe the photosphere, chromosphere and the outermost layers of the Sun, the corona, in different wavebands

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The Aditya-L1 mission, aimed at studying the Sun from an orbit around the L1, would carry seven payloads to observe the photosphere, chromosphere and the outermost layers of the Sun, the corona, in different wavebands

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