Posted on 09/02/2023 12:27:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
India has launched its first space mission to study the sun, less than two weeks after a successful uncrewed landing near the south pole region of the moon
India launched its first space mission to study the sun on Saturday, less than two weeks after a successful uncrewed landing near the south polar region of the moon.
The Aditya-L1 spacecraft took off on board a satellite launch vehicle from the Sriharikota space center in southern India on a quest to study the sun from a point about 1.5 million kilometers (930,000 miles) from Earth. The point, known as L1, affords an uninterrupted view of the sun.
The spacecraft is equipped with seven payloads to study the sun’s corona, chromosphere, photosphere and solar wind, the Indian Space Research Organization said.
After over an hour, the ISRO said the launch was “accomplished successfully.”
“The vehicle has placed the satellite precisely into its intended orbit. India’s first solar observatory has begun its journey to the destination of Sun-Earth L1 point,” ISRO posted on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter.
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(study the sun)
I hope they’re going to go at night. /Bill Dana
It would be well within our best interests to court India and tell China to shove it. I wish that China didn’t already control our President.
And the VP.
And the House.
And the Senate.
And the media.
Yeah.
Next misson: Get the slurpee machine working at the local convenience store.....
“It’s hot.”
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