The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has readied Aditya L-1, the first space-based Indian mission to study the Sun, for launch. The spacecraft will be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, about 1.5 km from the Earth. The satellite for the mission, realised at Bengaluru’s U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), has arrived at Sriharikota’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
The satellite will be placed in the halo orbit around the L1 point and would be able to view the Sun without any occultation/eclipses. The satellite will enable ISRO to observe solar activities and their effect on space weather in real time.