Will Aditya-L1, ISRO's Ambitious Solar Mission, Touch The Sun?

The Aditya-L1, India's first space observatory for solar research, will be launched at 11:50 am from the country's main spaceport in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.

After successfully soft-landing on the Moon, ISRO now has its eyes set on the Sun. With the space agency set to launch its maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 in less than two hours, the most-asked question is whether the spacecraft will "land" on the Sun.

The Aditya-L1, India's first space observatory for solar research, will be launched at 11:50 am from the country's main spaceport in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.

The mission is designed to provide remote observations of the solar corona and in situ observations of the solar winds. The Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC), the primary payload of Aditya L1 will send 1,440 images every day to the ground station for analysis after reaching the intended orbit.