Aditya-L1 Spacecraft Separates From Launch Vehicle, On Way To Sun: ISRO

"From now on Aditya L1 will go on a long journey for 125 days," towards the Sun, he said from the Mission Control Center here, flanked by Union Minister Jitendra Singh, Project Director Nigar Shaji and Mission Director Biju.

The Aditya-L1 spacecraft onboard a PSLV rocket today successfully got separated and would be proceeding on its journey towards the Sun on a 125-day voyage, ISRO said.

ISRO chief S Somanath said the spacecraft was injected in the "precise orbit".

"Aditya L1 spacecraft has been injected in an elliptical orbit of 235 by 19,500 km which is intended, very precisely by the PSLV," he said.