Post Chandrayaan-3 glory, India’s first solar mission Aditya L-1 takes off

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday successfully launched the observatory that will study the Sun from 1.5 million kilometres away. Indians across the world lauded the space agency's second big-ticket science mission on the heels of Chandrayaan-3.

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   ISRO's launch vehicle PSLV-C57 rocket carrying India's first solar mission, 'Aditya-L1', lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota. (PTI)

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   Scenes similar to the launch day of the Chandrayaan 3 were seen across India on Saturday as ISRO’s Aditya-L1, the country’s first solar mission, lifted off. In pic, students celebrate the launch of India’s Sun mission in Gurugram. (PTI)

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   Devotees were seen doing a special 'pooja' for the success of the solar mission at the Topakeshwar Mahadev Temple in Dehradun. (PTI)

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   A teacher explains the model of the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, at BITM Kolkata. (Express photo by Partha Paul)

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   School students watch an exhibition on the first solar mission at Nehru Science Centre in Mumbai. (PTI)

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   Students watch the launch of the Aditya-L1 spacecraft at Science City in Ahmedabad. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)

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   Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla watches the launch of the country's maiden solar observatory, Aditya-L1. (ANI)

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   Students participate in an interactive session on our 'solar system' during the launch of India's first solar mission at the Regional Science Center in Bhopal. (PTI)

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   Visitors gather to witness the launch of the solar mission, at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota. (PTI)

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   Students and visitors applauded the successful launch of ISRO's Aditya-L1 Mission at Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM) in Kolkata. (Express photo by Partha Paul)