Tue. Nov 5th, 2024
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India has launched their first rocket to study the sun, following a successful moon landing and marking a new chapter on the nation’s quest to be one of the world’s top space explorers.

On Saturday, the Aditya-L1 rocket, named after the Hindi word for the sun, left in a trail of smoke and fire.

A live broadcast on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) website was watched by nearly 500,000 viewers, while thousands gathered at a viewing gallery near the launch site.

The probe will aim to study solar winds, which can cause disturbance on Earth commonly seen as auroras.

The Aditya-L1 launch follows India beating Russia last month to become the first country to land on the south pole of the Moon.

While Russia had a more powerful rocket, India’s Chandrayaan-3 out-endured the Luna-25 to execute a textbook landing.

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