New Delhi, July 24: After the successful launch of Chandrayaan 2, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for India's first-ever mission to the sun. The solar mission, which is still being planned, could be launched as early as first-half of 2020. The mission has been named Aditya-L1, and is intended to make crucial studies related to the Sun.

Officials privy to the mission have claimed that Aditya L-1's primary goal is to observe the Sun's corona. The satellite will capture photograph and study the sun from First Lagrange point, also known as L1 Lagrange point. Chandrayaan 2 Moving in Right Direction: ISRO

The L1 Lagrange point is roughly 1.5 million kilometres away from the Earth, and is referred to as the point where the gravitational force of the Earth is neutralised by that of the Sun, allowing  the spacecraft to hover in the region.

The ambitious mission is being planned days after the ISRO launched Chandrayaan 2, the first-ever Indian spacecraft which would make a soft-landing on the moon.

The landing is expected on September 6 or 7, after the satellite completes its 48-day journey into the space. If successful, India will become the fourth nation after the United States, Russia and China to make a soft-landing on the moon's surface.

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