The spacecraft, which will study the sun's atmosphere, was launched on the PSLV rocket, from Sriharikota on the eastern coast of India on Saturday.
A satellite placed in that halo orbit around L1 of the sun-Earth system has a major advantage of continuously viewing the sun without any eclipse.
This will provide a greater advantage of observing the solar activities and its effect on space weather in real time.was feted and congratulated by world leaders while attending the BRICS summit in South Africa when India became the first country to have a spacecraft land on the southern region of the moon.
He said"the success of Chandrayaan-3 is not only the victory of India, it is the triumph of the entire humankind".Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerToday's ambitious launch is just a few days away from the largest gathering of global leaders in New Delhi for the G20 Summit - an opportunity for Mr Modi to showcase India's prowess in its successful low budget space program.
With a budget of about $74m the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission was cheaper than even fake-space ventures, like Hollywood movies Gravity and The Martian, which both cost more than $100m to make. And with every successful launch, the country joins the table as a prominent player in the community of global space exploration.
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