Following the triumph of its moon lander mission, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is now preparing for the launch of the Aditya-L1 solar mission, anticipated to take place around September 2. The mission aims to closely examine the Sun, gathering crucial data about its corona and solar wind from a distance of approximately 1.5 million kilometres away, reported PTI.

The Aditya-L1 spacecraft is engineered to provide remote observations of the solar corona and on-site observations of solar wind activity from the Sun-Earth Lagrangian point (L1). As ISRO's inaugural dedicated solar mission, Aditya-L1 will carry seven specialized payloads designed to observe various layers of the Sun using different wavebands. These observations will encompass the photosphere, chromosphere, and the outermost corona.