INDIA’S ADITYA-L1 MISSION
FROM SAMPATH’S DESK: INDIA’S ADITYA-L1 MISSION Even before the excitement, euphoria, and ecstasy could subside in India, and as people elsewhere in the world continued to feel a shocking and stunning, yet pleasant surprise at the tremendous success of Chandrayaan-3 that beamed into space from Sriharikota on July 14, 2023, and ended its prideful journey with its Lander Vikram’s touchdown on the moon on August 23, India, still justifiably basking on that glory - buoyed, emboldened, and inspirited as it were - embarked on its another ambitious and avowed solar mission by launching its ADITYA-L1 aboard the PSLV C57 exactly at 11.50 IST on 2 nd September 2023 (Saturday) much to the delight of the entire mankind. ADITYA-L1 is expected to reach its ordained destination viz. L1 point I orbit around the Sun in, say about 126 days after its launch. After its Earth-bound maneuovers, on 10.9.2023 (Sunday), Aditya-L1 was located at the orbit a...