ISRO Chief Offers Prayers At Chengalamma Temple Ahead Of India's First Solar Mission

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• Sep 1, 2023 | Dhupali Das

ISRO Chairman S Somanath on Friday visited the Sri Chengalamma Parameshwari temple in... 

Digital Desk: ISRO Chairman S Somanath on Friday visited the Sri Chengalamma Parameshwari temple in Sullurpeta in the run-up to the launch of the Aditya-L1 mission and prayed for its success.

Somanath arrived at the temple at 7.30 a.m. and offered prayers to the deity, said a temple official.

Talking to reporters, the ISRO chief said that the Aditya mission will launch on Saturday at 11.50 a.m.

He stated that the solar mission's purpose is to study the Sun and that it will take 125 days to reach the exact radius.

Following the Sun observatory mission, the space agency would launch many others in the coming days, including SSLV - D3 and PSLV, he said.

Somanath stated that everything is going fine with the Chandrayaan-3 mission.

Srinivas Reddy, executive officer of Chengalamma Parameshwari temple, told PTI that ISRO officials visiting this temple before rocket launches has become a 15-year ritual.

Somanath had also paid a visit to the temple on the eve of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.