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Aditya-L1
PSLV XL
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITESatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Mission
Aditya L1 is an Indian solar observation satellite to be placed at the Sun-Earth Lagrangian point L1. The major scientific objectives of the mission are to achieve a fundamental understanding of the physical processes that heat the solar corona, accelerate the solar wind and produce Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). Originally the mission design started as a small LEO satellite carrying only a coronagraph as a payload. In order to get the best science from the Sun, continuous viewing of the Sun is preferred. A Satellite placed in the halo orbit around the L1 Lagrangian point of the Sun-Earth system has the major advantage of continuously viewing the Sun without any occultation/ eclipses.
- Launch vehicle
- PSLV XL
- Mission type
- Heliophysics
- Destination orbit
- Heliocentric L1
- Launch pad
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad
- Provider
- Indian Space Research Organization
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
PSLV XL
PSLV-XL is the upgraded version of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle in its standard configuration boosted by more powerful, stretched strap-on boosters with 12 tonne propellant load. Weighing 320t at lift-off, the vehicle uses larger strap-on motors (PSOM-XL or S12) to achieve higher payload capability. On 29 December 2005, ISRO successfully tested the improved version of strap-on booster for the PSLV. The first use of PSLV-XL was the launch of Chandrayaan-1 by PSLV C11. The payload capability for this variant is 1,800 kg to SSO.
- Height
- 44 m
- Diameter
- 2.8 m
- Stages
- 4
- Recorded launches
- 27
- First flight
- 2008-10-22
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
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Launch site
DestinationHeliocentric L1
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