India successfully launched an automatic station to the Sun

India launched into space research station Aditya-L1 to study the Sun. The beginning of a historic mission broadcast on the YouTube channel of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

The carrier rocket PSLV C57 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) was launched from the national spaceport on the island of Sriharikota in the Bay of Bengal. It is noted that it was also used in October 2008 during the launch of the Indian lunar probe Chandrayaan-1.

Aditya-L1 was India's first solar observatory-type station. It is planned to put it into a halo orbit near the Lagrange point (point L1) - 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. In this region, the forces of gravitational attraction of our planet and stars are on the same level, which should allow the device to work normally.

The station has seven systems for studying the parameters of the Sun. They will study the flow of particles coming from the star, the magnetic field, the solar photosphere, as well as fluctuations in solar radiation and other parameters.

Information will be sent to Earth. An enormous data flow is expected - about 1,440 images per day. In this mode, Aditya-L1 should work for five years. The cost of the mission is estimated at $46 million.