What is Aditya-L1?
{{complex|2=complex words and sentences|date=September 2023}} '''Aditya-L1''' is a [[Coronagraph|coronagraphy]] spacecraft planned to study the [[Sun|solar atmosphere]], currently operated by the [[Indian Space Research Organisation|Indian Space Research Organization]] ('''ISRO''') and being designed and developed by various other indian research institutes.It will be inserted into a [[halo orbit]] around the L1 point between the [[Earth]] and the [[Sun]] where it will interact with the solar atmosphere, [[solar magnetic storms]] and the environment around Earth and will study the effect.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-03|title=Aditya - L1 First Indian mission to study the Sun - ISRO|url=https://www.isro.gov.in/aditya-l1-first-indian-mission-to-study-sun|access-date=2023-09-03|website=ISRO|archive-date=2018-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303041833/https://www.isro.gov.in/aditya-l1-first-indian-mission-to-study-sun|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{Infobox spaceflight|name=Aditya-L1|mission_type=[[Solar observation]]|operator=[[ISRO]]|website={{URL|www.isro.gov.in/Aditya_L1.html}}|mission_duration=5.2 years (planned)<br>1 day (elapsed)|image=File:Aditya L1.png|spacecraft=PSLV-XL/C-57|spacecraft_type=[[PSLV]]|spacecraft_bus=[[I-1K]]|manufacturer=ISRO / IUCAA /IIA|launch_mass=1,475 kg (3,252 lb)|payload_mass=244 kg (538 lb)|launch_date=2 September 2023, 11:50 IST (06:20 UTC)|launch_rocket=[[PSLV-XL]]|launch_site=[[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]]|launch_contractor=[[ISRO]]|orbit_reference=Sun-Earth L1|orbit_regime=[[Halo orbit]]|orbit_period=177.86 days|orbit_epoch=January 2024 (planned)}} The main scientific objectives are coronal heating, solar wind acceldration, coronal magnetometry, generation and monitoring of near-UV solar radiation and continuous observation of the photosphere, chromosphere and corona, and the Sun's magnetic field. == Launch == Successful launch of Aditya-L1 spacecraft from the second launch pad of [[Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle]] (PSLV-C57) at [[Satish Dhawan Space Center]] (SD