Aditya-L1 Launch Live Updates: Isro's Aditya-L1, India’s first solar observatory mission, successfully lifts off from Sriharikota

Aditya L1 Mission Launch Live Updates: Isro successfully launched India's maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1, from Sriharikota on Saturday. Aditya-L1 is the first space-based observatory class to study the Sun and was fired using ISRO's reliable Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) at 11.50 am. The spacecraft, after traveling about 1.5 million km from the Earth over 125 days, is expected to be placed in a Halo orbit around the Lagrangian point L1 which is considered closest to the Sun. The major objectives of the mission include understanding the Coronal Heating and Solar Wind Acceleration, the initiation of Coronal Mass Ejection, and near-earth space weather and the solar wind distribution. The Aditya-L1 mission carries seven scientific payloads to carry out the study. Stay with TOI for all live updates