The rocket's on a quest to study the sun from a point of some 1m miles from earthFollowing quickly after their emphatic success in becoming the first country to land near the moon's south polar region, India has now launched its first space mission to study the sun. The rocket left a trail of smoke and fire Saturday as scientists clapped, a live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) website showed. India's space agency on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, later confirmed the satellite was successfully now in orbit. Satellites in low earth orbit are the main focus of global private players, which makes the Aditya-L1 mission a very important project,' he said. As space turns into a global business, the country is also banking on the success of ISRO to showcase its prowess in the sector.

Source: Daily Mail September 02, 2023 22:59 UTC