India's first mission to the Sun to be launched in 2019
ISRO Chairman AS Kiran Kumar on Tuesday said that Aditya-L1, India's maiden mission to the Sun, will be launched in 2019 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Conceived in 2008, the mission is aimed at studying the "dynamical processes of the sun". The satellite, which will carry six payloads, will be launched on the PSLV-XL launch vehicle. 