In a significant development, India's highly ambitious solar mission, Aditya-L1, embarked on its journey to the Sun on Saturday after being launched on a PSLV rocket from Satish Dhawan Space ...

Just days after the Moon landing, India launched Aditya-L1 - its first observation mission to the Sun. The rocket that took off on 2 September is on a four-month 1.5 million km (932,000 miles ...

Aditya-L1 will be placed in a special orbit around a point called Lagrange Point 1, which is about 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth in space. This unique orbit will let the spacecraft always ...

Aditya-L1 lifted off from the launch pad at Sriharikota on Saturday at 11:50 India time (06:20 GMT). It will travel 1.5 million km (932,000 miles) from the Earth - 1% of the Earth-Sun distance.

India's first solar observation mission has reached its final destination. On Saturday, Aditya-L1 reached the spot in space from where it will be able to continuously watch the Sun. The spacecraft ...