NEW DELHI: Days after becoming the first nation to land a craft near the Moon's largely unexplored south pole, India's space agency said on Monday it will launch a satellite to survey the Sun.
'The launch of Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is scheduled for September 2,' the Indian Space Research Organization said on X, formerly known as Twitter.Aditya, meaning 'sun' in Hindi, will be fired into a halo orbit in a region of space about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, providing the craft with a continuous clear view of the Sun.
The unmanned Chandrayaan-3 — 'Mooncraft' in Sanskrit — touched down on the lunar surface last week, making India only the fourth country behind the United States, Russia and China to land successfully on the Moon.That marked the latest milestone in India's ambitious but cut-price space program, sparking celebrations across the world's most populous country.
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