PSLV-C57 on Second Launch Pad (SLP)
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| Launch | 02 September 2023 06:20 (UTC) |
| Pad | Second Launch Pad Satish Dhawan Space Centre |
| Payload |  Aditya-L1 |
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PSLV-C58 →
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The PSLV-C57 was the 59th mission of Indian Space Research Organisation's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), which carried India's indigenously made solar observatory Aditya-L1.[1]
It was launched on Saturday, 02 September 2023 at 11:50 IST / 06:20 UTC from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India. This was India's first Solar Observatory ever launched in history. Aditya-L1 was injected into an elliptical orbit of 235x19500 km around the Earth. On 6 January 2024, Aditya-L1 spacecraft, India's first solar mission, has successfully entered its final orbit with a period of approximately 180 days around the first Sun-Earth Lagrangian point (L1), approximately 1.500 million kilometers from Earth.[2]
Primary payload: Aditya-L1
PSLV configuration: PSLV-XL
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| Alt (km) | 235x19500 |
| Inclination (deg.) | 19.2 |
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