‘Testament of ruthless dedication’: PM Modi greets team ISRO as Aditya reaches L1 L1 point
India’s first solar mission Aditya L1 successfully reached its intended destination, the L1 point, on Saturday.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday praised ISRO for their relentless dedication after the Prime Minister’s first solar mission, Space Agency Aditya-L1, successfully injected the intended destination point L1 (Lagrange Point). Prime Minister Modi congratulated Team ISRO for their “extraordinary achievement” and said the mission is a testament to their “relentless dedication.”
“India creates another milestone. India’s first solar observatory Aditya-L1 reaches its destination. It is a testament to the relentless dedication of our scientists in achieving the most complex and intricate space missions,” the Prime Minister said in a message on ‘X’.
“I join the nation in applauding this extraordinary achievement. We will continue to pursue new frontiers of science for the benefit of humanity,” Modi said.
‘Moon Walk to Sun Dance’
State Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh also praised ISRO for their remarkable achievement and called it a “glorious New Year for Bharat” under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi.
“From Moon Walk to Sun Dance! What a glorious New Year for Bharat! Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister @narendramodi, another success story written by Team #ISRO. #AdityaL1 reaches its final orbit to discover the mysteries of the Sun-Earth connection,” he said in a post on X.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal also congratulated the scientists and said India’s space journey is unstoppable.
“Wings of fire! Congratulations to the dedicated scientists of @ISRO for successfully deploying Bharat’s first solar observatory #AdityaL1 at its intended destination. First the moon, now the sun… our space journey is unstoppable!
Aditya-L1 reaches L1 point
In a major scientific milestone, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Saturday launched the Aditya-L1 spacecraft – the first dedicated solar mission – to its final destination.
Aditya-L1 has reached Lagrange Point L1, about 1.5 million km from Earth.
The PSLV-C57.1 rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 orbiter successfully lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh in September.
The successful launch of the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) first solar mission followed the historic moon landing mission Chandrayaan-3.
Aditya L1 will carry seven different payloads to conduct a detailed study of the Sun, four of which will observe the Sun’s light and the other three will measure in-situ plasma and magnetic field parameters.
The largest and most technically challenging payload on Aditya-L1 is the visible emission line
Coronagraph or VELC. VELC was integrated, tested and calibrated at the CREST (Centre for Research and Education in Science Technology) campus of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Hosakote, in collaboration with ISRO.
This strategic location will allow Aditya-L1 to continuously observe the Sun without being hampered by eclipses or occultation, allowing scientists to study solar activities and their impact on space weather in real time.
Also, the spacecraft data will help identify the sequence of processes that lead to solar eruptions, and contribute to a deeper understanding of the factors that influence space weather.
The main objectives of India’s solar mission include the study of the physics of the solar corona and its heating mechanism, the acceleration of the solar wind, the coupling and dynamics of the solar atmosphere, the distribution of solar wind and temperature anisotropy, and the origin of Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) and flares and near-Earth space weather.
(With ANI inputs)