Aditya L1: ISRO chief Somanath visits Tirupati temple forward of Solar mission launch
The Indian House Analysis Organisation (ISRO) chief S Somanath on Friday supplied prayers at Chengalamma Parameshwari Temple in Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh a day earlier than the launch of the Aditya L1 Mission – India’s maiden photo voltaic expedition– and prayed for its success.
Somanath visited the temple at 7.30 am and supplied prayers to the deity, a temple official was quoted as saying. He later spoke with the reporters and mentioned the Aditya L1 Mission will probably be launched at 11.50 am on Saturday.
ISRO’s trusted PSLV will carry the Aditya L1 mission on a 125-day voyage to the Solar. The 23.10-hour countdown for the launch of Aditya L1 onboard PSLV C57 commenced right here on Friday, ISRO mentioned.
The Solar observatory mission will probably be fired from the second launch pad at this spaceport at 11.50 am on Saturday, September 2, and comes shut on the heels of India’s profitable moon expedition final month, Chandrayaan-3. The Aditya L1 Mission will present distant observations of the photo voltaic corona and in situ observations of the photo voltaic wind.
India on August 23 efficiently landed Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the South Pole of the Moon, making it the primary nation to say a landing on the uncharted territory of the lunar floor and the fourth to land on the heavenly physique.
SRO Chairman S Somanath mentioned the Solar mission will take 125 days to succeed in the precise radius. The photo voltaic mission is being launched to review the Solar.
S Somanath additionally mentioned that after the Solar observatory mission, the area company would launch varied others together with SSLV – D3 and PSLV within the coming days.
Srinivas Reddy, government officer of Chengalamma Parameshwari temple, advised PTI that ISRO officers visiting this temple earlier than rocket launches had grow to be a convention, which fits again 15 years.
The ISRO chief had visited the temple an evening earlier than the Chandrayaan-3 launch, praying for its success.
(With company inputs)
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Up to date: 01 Sep 2023, 06:19 PM IST
