India Successfully Launches Aditya-L1 Solar Probe Into Orbit

PSLV rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 blasts off

India's PSLV-C57 rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 satellite launches from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota.

Credit: Indian Space Research Organization
A week after a successful landing by its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the lunar south pole, India has passed another milestone after deploying its first solar observation satellite, Aditya-L1, into space. Named after the Sanskrit word for Sun, Aditya-L1 blasted off from Satish Dhawan Space Center in...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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