Speaking to reporters ISRO Chairman S. Somanath mentioned the Aditya-L1 satellite tv for pc for the Sun mission will likely be launched in the course of the first week of September.

According to him, the coronagraphy satellite tv for pc will take about 120 days to journey about 15 lakh km to succeed in its vacation spot to check the photo voltaic ambiance.

The Aditya-L1 spacecraft — the primary space-based Indian observatory to check the Sun — is preparing for the launch at India’s rocket port in Sriharikota.

According to the ISRO, the spacecraft will likely be positioned right into a halo orbit across the first Lagrange level, L1, of the Sun-Earth system.

The satellite tv for pc across the L1 level has the main benefit of repeatedly viewing the Sun with out occultation/eclipses.

The Aditya-L1 satellite tv for pc — named after the Sun God — will likely be carried by Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The satellite tv for pc will likely be shortly built-in with the rocket.

The Sun mission will likely be adopted with the Gaganyaan abort mission demonstration- which is a part of India’s human area mission.

The Gaganyaan abort mission will occur throughout September finish or in the course of the first week of October this yr, Somanath mentioned.

The Indian area company can also be planning to orbit INSAT 3DS satellite tv for pc with its GSLV rocket this yr, Somanath added.

After that, would be the orbiting of Anwesha satellite tv for pc and XPoSAT- a X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite.

It would be the nation’s devoted polarimetry mission to check the dynamics of vibrant astronomical X-ray sources in excessive circumstances, the federal government mentioned.

The launch of the Radar Imaging Satellite – RISAT-1B – aboard the PSLV rocket is deliberate throughout 2023.

The Indian area company can also be planning to orbit two IDRSS (Indian Data Relay Satellite System) satellites.

These rocketing missions aside, ISRO will likely be testing the varied techniques that may go into its LVM3 rocket for the maiden human area mission.

ISRO has additionally slated a flight to Venus – Venus Mission – in 2024. Whether it will be a ‘Night Flight to Venus’ will likely be identified later.