Aditya – L1 mission to study the moon – Diligent IAS

Adatiya-L1 Mission For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About Adatiya-L1 mission   News Flash Through Adatiya-L1, India is all set to study the sun for the first time. The space agency plans to launch it by 2020. The project is approved and the satellite will be launched during 2019 – 2020 timeframe by PSLV-XL from Sriharikota.   Adatiya-L1 Adatiya-L1, initially coined as Aditya-1, was conceived as a 400kg class satellite carrying one payload, the Visible…

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