'both challenging and rewarding': former isro scientist ahead of aditya l-1 launch

Aditya-L1 is the first space-based observatory class to study the Sun and is being fired using ISRO’s reliable Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) With just over two hours to go for the

historic launch of India’s solar mission, Aditya L-1, former ISRO scientist and Padma Shri Awardee Mylswamy Annadurai said that acquiring the L-1 point will be both challenging and

rewarding. “It is technically very challenging to acquire the L1 point and have an orbit around that and to survive for the five years with very accurate finding requirements,” Annadurai

said. Advertisement > #WATCH | On the Aditya L1 mission, Padma Shri awardee and former > ISRO scientist Mylswamy Annadurai says, "...It is technically very > challenging to 

acquire the L1 point and have an orbit around that > and to survive for the five years with very accurate finding > requirements... This… pic.twitter.com/P1EmDZvWUK > — ANI (@ANI) 

September 2, 2023 He added, “This is scientifically going to be rewarding because seven instruments will try to understand the dynamics and phenomena of what’s happening there.”

Advertisement With the successful launch of Aditya L-1, India will conquer both the sun and the moon. Excitement is at its peak among Indians as they wait for the historic launch of Aditya

L-1 which is slated for 11:50 am on Saturday. The spacecraft will launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota from Chennai. Advertisement “We are very proud to be an Indian, we

are very happy to be here to watch the launching. This is the first time, I have come here. We can’t explain our happiness,” a woman named Bama said. Aditya-L1 is the first space-based

observatory class to study the Sun and is being fired using ISRO’s reliable Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). Advertisement 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. Meanwhile, people in Uttar Pradesh performed Havan to

successfully launch the solar mission. > #WATCH | Uttar Pradesh | Havan being performed in Varanasi for the > successful launch of the ISRO's Aditya L1 mission from Sriharikota

> today. pic.twitter.com/7THhmodOXj > — ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) September 2, 2023 Advertisement The primary 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 solar wind distribution. Advertisement _With inputs from agencies_