Aditya-L1 spacecraft lifts off on board a satellite launch vehicle
File photo: The screengrab from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Youtube channel shows the Aditya-L1 spacecraft lifts off on board a satellite launch vehicle from the space center in Sriharikota, India, on Saturday, September 2, 2023. Image Credit: AP

Mumbai: Chairman of The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) S. Somanath attended the annual science and technology festival of IIT Bombay and announced that Aditya-L1 spacecraft is set to reach its cosmic destination, Lagrange Point 1 (L1), on January 6, 2024.

Speaking at the three-day annual Science and Technology Fest, S. Somanath said, "Aditya-L1 is going to reach Lagrange Point on January 6 at 4 pm."

After the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 near the South pole of the moon, the ISRO launched the country's maiden solar mission - Aditya-L1 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on September 2.

Earlier in the month, ISRO informed that the Solar Wind Ion Spectrometer (SWIS), the second instrument in the Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX) of its maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1 is operational.