India Successfully Launches Its First Solar Probe
New Delhi, September 2 (Xinhua) - The Indian Space Research Organization said on September 2 that the country's first solar probe, "Sun Earth L1 Point Sun," was launched from the space center on Srihrigoda Island on the same day.
According to Indian media reports, the polar satellite carrier rocket carrying a probe was launched from the Satish Dawan Space Center on Srihrigoda Island in Andhra Pradesh at 11:50 local time on the 2nd. The Sun Earth L1 point Sun probe will take about 4 months to reach the Sun Earth Lagrange 1 point, which is approximately 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth.
An official from the Indian Space Research Organization stated that the probe can avoid interference such as solar eclipses and occultation at 1:00 pm on the Sun Earth Lagrange, allowing for continuous observation of the Sun. The seven scientific instruments carried on the detector will help researchers further understand the causes of solar activities such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections.
The "Sun Earth L1 Point Sun" probe costs approximately $48 million and is another space exploration mission launched by India following the landing of the lunar probe "Luna 3" at the South Pole of the Moon on August 23.