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PSLV-C57
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PSLV-C57 on Second Launch Pad (SLP)
launch
Launch02 September 2023
06:20 (UTC)
PadSecond Launch Pad Satish Dhawan Space Centre
PayloadIndia Aditya-L1
PSLV launches

The PSLV-C57 was the 59th mission of Indian Space Research Organisation's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), which carried India's indigenously made solar observatory Aditya-L1.[1]

Launch

It was launched on Saturday, 02 September 2023 at 11:50 IST / 06:20 UTC from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India. This was India's first Solar Observatory ever launched in history. Aditya-L1 was injected into an elliptical orbit of 235x19500 km around the Earth. On 6 January 2024, Aditya-L1 spacecraft, India's first solar mission, has successfully entered its final orbit with a period of approximately 180 days around the first Sun-Earth Lagrangian point (L1), approximately 1.500 million kilometers from Earth.[2]

Mission overview

Primary payload: Aditya-L1

PSLV configuration: PSLV-XL

Mission Characteristics
Parameter Orbit
Alt (km) 235x19500
Inclination (deg.) 19.2
Launch Pad SLP

References

  1. ↑ "PSLV-C57/ADITYA-L1 Mission - Press Release". ISRO. 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  2. ↑ "Halo-Orbit Insertion of Aditya-L1 Successfully Accomplished". www.isro.gov.in. Retrieved 2024-01-06.

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