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Aditya – L1 first Indian mission to study the Sun

India's first mission to study the Sun, Aditya – L1, will help address some of the outstanding problems in solar physics. Informing this, Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO also said today, Aditya-L1 is expected to be launched during 2019-20. <br/> <br/>Under the mission, a satellite with 7 payloads will be launched on board launch vehicle PSLV-XL from the spaceport at Sriharikota. The satellite will be placed in the hallowed orbit around Lagrangian point 1 or L1, which is 1.5 million kilometres from the Earth. L1 point has the major advantage of continuously viewing the Sun without any occultation or eclipses.

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