scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
TopicAditya-L1

Topic: Aditya-L1

In 1 yr, Aditya-L1 has found sweet spot with uninterrupted view of Sun, studied solar winds, space weather

ThePrint explains Aditya-L1’s milestones so far, its early promising scientific observations and which mysteries of the Sun it plans to unravel over the next few years. 

‘Idea to study Sun from space was first met with scorn.’ Aditya-L1 mission chief recounts 17-yr journey

Jagdev Singh, Aditya-L1's 1st principal investigator, speaks to ThePrint about the mission’s significance and the data generated so far on the 1st launch anniversary.

ISRO’s Seetha Somasundaram helped put India on the moon. Aditya-L1 is her latest success

Until her retirement, the experimental physicist worked on landmark ISRO missions—India’s moon and Mars missions, Aditya-L1, and AstroSat.

BJP’s ‘flustered’ by Oppn’s INDIA alliance — Urdu press weighs in on ‘India vs Bharat’ row

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

India’s maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 takes selfie, captures the Earth & Moon

Aditya-L1 blasted off spaceport Sriharikota on 2 September and will reach the orbit of Lagrange Point (L1) by January.

‘Our tireless scientific efforts will continue,’ Modi after launch of 1st solar mission Aditya-L1

After a historic moon landing just a week ago, India’s space agency sent off the country’s first space-based Sun mission Aditya-L1 at 11.50 hours Saturday.

India’s ‘sunshine moment’ — ISRO successfully launches Aditya-L1, its first solar mission

Aditya-L1 carries 7 payloads to study Sun and its effect on interplanetary medium. Satellite to perform series of orbit raising manoeuvres before heading towards Lagrange 1 point. 

India launches its first mission to Sun with Aditya-L1

Aditya-L1 spacecraft is designed to travel about 1.5 mn km over 4 months to a kind of parking lot in space where objects tend to stay put because of balancing gravitational forces.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.