India’s maiden solar mission Aditya L1 will reach its destination, the Lagrangian point (L1) which is located 1.5 million km from Earth, on January 6, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman S Somanath said on Friday (Dec 22).

Aditya L1 mission will reach destination on Jan 6: ISRO chief

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday (Dec 8) shared the first-ever full disk images of the Sun in near ultraviolet wavelengths, captured by the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, launched earlier this year.

ISRO's Aditya-L1 spacecraft captures majestic pictures of sunspots

Just days after India achieved the first lunar landing near the unexplored south pole of Moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation launched its Aditya-L1 mission successfully to study the Sun at 11:50 am on Saturday from the launchpad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

Aditya L-1 launch: India's solar mission lifts off, takes country closer to sun after moon landmark

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Aditya L1 mission will reach destination on Jan 6: ISRO chief

ISRO's Aditya-L1 spacecraft captures majestic pictures of sunspots

Aditya L-1 launch: India's solar mission lifts off, takes country closer to sun after moon landmark