Aditya-L1 set to reach Lagrange Point on January 6: Isro chief S Somnath

NEW DELHI: The chief of the

Indian Space Research Organisation

(Isro), S Somanath, on Thursday said that the Aditya L1 spacecraft is on schedule and will reach its designated cosmic location,

Lagrange Point

1 (L1), on January 6, 2024, as planned.
Speaking at the annual science and technology festival at IIT Bombay, Somanath reflected on the success of Chandrayaan-3.

"After contributing for 14 days in data collection, it (lander Vikram and rover Pragyan) is now in a dormant state. I suggest not waking it up again, so it remains dormant forever. Unfortunately, we were hopeful it would awaken through its capability, but that did not happen," he said, adding that the wealth of data beamed back to Earth will surely contribute to "significant scientific outcomes in the future" once analysed.
Following the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 near the moon's South pole, Isro launched the country's inaugural solar mission,

Aditya-L1

, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on September 2.