India's Aditya-L1 Mission: Unlocking Solar Mysteries with September Launch

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India's Aditya-L1 Mission: Unlocking Solar Mysteries with September Launch
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India's space agency, ISRO, has announced that the country's first space-based solar observatory, Aditya-L1, will be launched on September 2. The probe aims to study solar winds and their impact on Earth. Named after the Hindi word for the sun, Aditya-L1 will be launched using India's PSLV rocket and will travel approximately 1.5 million km. The mission was allocated around $46 million in funding, and India has gained a reputation for successful space launches at low costs.

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