Aditya L1

On the day of Aditya L1 launch, ISRO Chief S Somanath was diagnosed with cancer. He underwent an operation followed by chemotherapy.

ISRO on Saturday injected Aditya-L1 spacecraft - the first dedicated solar mission - into its final destination orbit.

Whether reaching the moon's south pole or studying the sun, ISRO is achieving its diverse space ambitions that too in budgets less than Hollywood sci-fi movies.

"Aditya-L1 has commenced collecting scientific data. The sensors of the Supra Thermal and Energetic Particle Spectrometer (STEPS) instrument have begun measuring supra-thermal and energetic ions and electrons at distances greater than 50,000 km from Earth," the ISRO said on X.